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Med Term Chapter 1 - Intro

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What condition is characterized by redness, heat, swelling, and pain?

a)

infection

b)

inflammation

c)

laceration

2.

Which term means abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries?

a)

arteriomalacia

b)

arterionecrosis

c)

arteriosclerosis

3.

Which combining form means red?

a)

cyan/o

b)

erythr/o

c)

leuk/o

4.

Which term describes a disease or procedure named for the person who first discovered it?

a)

acronym

b)

eponym

c)

syndrome

5.

Which is the correct spelling of the term meaning wound or injury?

a)

thrauma

b)

trauma

c)

trawma

6.

Which of these suffixes requires the use of the combining vowel?

a)

-algia

b)

otomy

c)

-rrhea

7.

In the term otorhinolaryngology, which word root (combining form) means ear?

a)

laryng/o

b)

ot/o

c)

rhin/o

8.

Which suffix means abnormal enlargement?

a)

-malacia

b)

-megaly

c)

-sclerosis

9.

Which term means pain in the stomach?

a)

gastralgia

b)

gastritis

c)

gastrosis

10.

Which term means rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is upward?

a)

supination

b)

supplication

c)

suppuration

11.

Which term means the rupture of a muscle?

a)

myoplasty

b)

myorrhaphy

c)

myorrhexis

12.

Which term describes part of the small intestine?

a)

ileum

b)

ilium

c)

ischium

13.

Which term describes a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease?

A.B.C.

a)

diagnosis

b)

prognosis

c)

syndrome

14.

pain in the stomach

a)

appendectomy

b)

arthralgia

c)

gastralgia

15.

blue discoloration of the skin

a)

cyanosis

b)

gastralgia

c)

tonsillitis

16.

The term arteriosclerosis means the tissue death of an artery or arteries.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The suffix -ostomyrefers to the surgical creation of an artificial opening to the body surface.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which term describes swelling caused by excess fluids in the body tissue?

a)

edema

b)

diarrhea

c)

fistula

19.

Which term means any disease caused by a fungus?

a)

mycosis

b)

myelitis

c)

myositis

20.

The term meaning inflammation of the nose is?

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21.

The term meaning lower than normal blood pressure is?

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22.

The medical term meaning excessive bleeding is?

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23.

The medical term meaning abnormal enlargement of the liver is?

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24.

Match the terms with definition

a)

gastralgia

1.

pain in the stomach

b)

appendectomy

2.

surgical removal of the appendix

c)

arthralgia

3.

joint pain

d)

cyanosis

4.

blue discoloration of the skin

e)

tonsillitis

5.

inflammation of the tonsils