Lesson 2.1: Pretest

The combining form used to denote the basic unit of all living things is

• cyt/o

• aden/o

• my/o

• hist/o

The meaning of the combining form leuk/o is

• red

• yellow

• white

• blue

The prefix hypo- means

• after

• new

• below

• before

The suffix -logy means

• resembling

• disease

• cell

• study of

The term that means "cancerous tumor" is

• chloroma

• sarcoma

• carcinoma

• adenocarcinoma

The meaning of the medical term pathology is

• study of disease

• study of tissue

• study of tumors

• study of medicine

The medical term that means "originating in the body" is

• systemic

• visceral

• pathogenic

• somatogenic

The meaning of the medical term metastasis is

• absence of disease

• not malignant

• excessive development

• beyond control

Which of the following abbreviations is a treatment for cancer?

• RBC

• Dx

• chemo

• CA

A patient is treated for cancer in which hospital department?

• oncologist

• oncology

• histology

• pathologist