Free Printable HS 1 Medical Terminology

1.

Which term means below?

a)

Inferior

b)

Superior

c)

Posterior

d)

Lateral

2.

The head is considered to be ________ compared to the chest?

a)

Lateral

c)

Inferior

d)

Superior

3.

You find a patient laying face down, which position is this?

a)

Supine

b)

Prone

d)

Superior

4.

The standard position used when referring to location on the body.

a)

Anatomical Position

b)

Anatomical Reference

c)

Anatomical Direction

d)

Anatomical Indexing

5.

In the word tachycardia, which part is considered the suffix?

a)

Tach

b)

Cardia

c)

Tachy

d)

Car

6.

In the Hypoglycemia, which part is considered the prefix?

a)

Hyp

b)

Hypo

c)

Cemia

d)

Glycemia

7.

What does the prefix 'Endo' mean?

a)

Around

b)

Ending

c)

Within

d)

open

8.

What does the suffix 'ectomy' mean?

a)

Removal

b)

Operation

c)

Incision

d)

addition

9.

What does 'contra' mean in medical terms

a)

Contracted

b)

Against

c)

Contraction

d)

Identified

10.

'Costs' pertains to the what in medical terms?

a)

Bones

b)

Ribs

c)

Medical rebates

d)

Carcinogenic osteopathy

11.

-itis

a)

flow, discharge

b)

enlargement

c)

bursting forth

d)

inflammation

12.

-algia

a)

pain

b)

rupture

c)

flow, discharge

d)

to suture

13.

-pathy

a)

a path

b)

enlargement

c)

disease

d)

pain

14.

study of

a)

-logy

b)

-metry

c)

-rraphy

d)

-itis

15.

-scope

a)

instrument for examination

b)

study of something

c)

visual examination

d)

process of recording

16.

tumor

a)

-ology

b)

-oma

c)

-ostomy

d)

-scopy

17.

pertaining to

a)

-ase

b)

-al

c)

-cyte

d)

-gen

18.

-lysis

a)

involuntary contraction

b)

breaking down or dissolution

c)

enlargement

d)

pouching or hernia

19.

Orthodontist

a)

move

b)

correct

c)

straighten

d)

pull

20.

Which of these word roots indicates lungs?

a)

“laryng”

b)

“pharyng”

c)

“sinus”

d)

“pneum”

21.

What does the word root encephal refer to?

a)

“Spinal cord”

b)

“Brain”

c)

“Nerve”

d)

“Mouth”

22.

What does the word root gastr refer to?

a)

“large intestine”

b)

“small intestine”

c)

“kidneys”

d)

“stomach”

23.

What does the abbreviation Dx refer to?

a)

“Diagnosis”

b)

“Discontinue”

c)

“Department”

d)

“Do not take by mouth”

24.

Medical language includes terms built from which of the following languages?

a)

German and Russian

b)

Italian and French

c)

Greek and Latin

d)

Chinese and Japanese

25.

A term built from the name of a person, often a physician or a scientist who was the first to identify a technique or condition, such as Alzheimer disease,

a)

is an acronym

b)

built from the English language

c)

an eponym

d)

modern language

26.

The word part that contains the fundamental meaning of the word is the

a)

prefix

b)

word root

c)

an eponym

d)

modern language

27.

The most common combining vowel is

a)

a

b)

i

c)

o

d)

u

28.

A combing vowel is used to

a)

ease word pronunciation

b)

modify the meaning of a word

c)

make analyzing a word easier

d)

make defining a word easier

29.

A combining form is made up of a

a)

word root and a combining vowel

b)

prefix and a combining vowel

c)

combining vowel and a suffix

d)

prefix and a word root

30.

When defining a medical term, one usually begins the definition with the

a)

word root

b)

prefix

c)

suffix

d)

combining vowel

31.

The prefix 'an' or 'a' means:

a)

without/no

b)

away from

c)

pertaining to

d)

toward/into

32.

The prefix 'ab' means:

a)

without/no

b)

pertaining to

c)

away from

d)

towards

33.

The root 'acous/o' or 'acoust/o' means:

a)

oral

b)

hearing

c)

visual

d)

spatial

34.

Erythr/o

a)

Red

b)

cell

c)

ointment

d)

vessel

35.

Hepat/o

a)

liver

b)

Red

c)

White

d)

Gland

36.

Nephr/o

a)

Nerve

b)

Kidney

c)

Disease

d)

Liver

37.

Rhin/o

a)

bone

b)

large animal

c)

nose

d)

joint

38.

ECG and EKG are both medical abbreviations for:

a)

electroencephalogram

b)

exam for kidney granules

c)

electrocardiogram

d)

chest x-ray

39.

The suffix "emia" means:

a)

surgical removal of

b)

within or into

c)

blood

d)

vomit

40.

The prefix "mal" means:

a)

tumor or swelling

b)

after or behind

c)

around

d)

bad or abnormal

41.

The prefix dys- means

a)

difficult or painful

b)

blue

c)

negative or not

d)

sugar

42.

to seperate

a)

-gram

b)

-crit

c)

-globin; -globulin

d)

-oid

43.

My nose is ______________ to my shoulders

a)

inferior

b)

superior

c)

proximal

d)

distal

44.

The back is my ____________ side

a)

super

b)

inferior

c)

ventral

d)

dorsal

45.

My elbow is ______________ to my fingers

a)

proximal

b)

distal

c)

superior

d)

inferior

46.

My ear is _____________ to my nose

a)

Medial

b)

lateral

c)

posterior

47.

My heart is ______________ to my spinal cord.

a)

ventral

b)

inferior

d)

superior

48.

Which anatomical plane is the ONLY horizontal plane?

a)

sagittal

b)

transverse

c)

frontal

49.

Which anatomical plane divides the body into equal right and left sides?

a)

Transverse

b)

Horizontal

c)

Sagittal

50.

Which anatomical plane divides the body into front and back

a)

frontal/coronal

b)

transverse/horizontal

c)

sagittal plane

d)

none of the above

51.

intestines

a)

hepat

b)

plast

c)

nephr

d)

enter

HS 1 Medical Terminology

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