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Medical Terminology Get ready for the Project Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "arthro-" mean?

a)

Red

b)

Bone

c)

Arm

d)

Joint

2.

What does "-plasty" mean?

a)

Surgical Opening

b)

Surgical Incision

c)

Surgical Repair

d)

Surgical Cleaning

3.

What does "-rrhea" mean?

a)

Blood

b)

Flow

c)

Occlusion

d)

Liquid

4.

What does "Brady-" mean?

a)

Understated

b)

Slow

c)

Stop

d)

Movement

5.

What does "myo" mean?

a)

Muscle

b)

Heart

c)

Personal

d)

Ligament

6.

What does "intra-" mean

a)

Outside

b)

Surrounding

c)

Within

d)

Cavity

7.

What does "Nephro-" mean?

a)

Liver

b)

Kidney

c)

Bladder

d)

Gallbladder

8.

What does "- emia" mean?

a)

Blood

b)

Platelet

c)

Cell

d)

Hypoxic

9.

What does "Dys-" mean?

a)

Difficulty

b)

Blockage

c)

Distraction

d)

Slow

10.

What does "leuko-" mean?

a)

White

b)

Yellow

c)

Pink

d)

Opaque

11.

What does "hemi-" mean?

a)

Around

b)

Through

c)

Half

d)

Circle

12.

Choose the TWO medical terms that are talking about "skin"

a)

dermatitis

b)

osteopathy

c)

phlebotomy

d)

epidermis

13.

The patient has hypoglycaemia. What does that mean?

a)

There is too much sugar in the blood

b)

The patient's breathing rate is very low

c)

There is too little sugar in the blood

d)

The patient has low blood pressure

14.

When a patient has high blood pressure, it is called (a)   tension

15.

A 'pulmonologist' is a doctor who works with

a)

hearts

b)

lungs

c)

feet

d)

blood

16.

The prefix "ab-" means

a)

away from, or off

b)

between

c)

on top

d)

too low

17.

Choose TWO facts that need to go on medical reports

a)

eye colour

b)

medical history

c)

how many brothers you have

d)

allergies

18.

The medical term for a fast heart rate is

a)

tachycardia

b)

bradycardia

19.

If you are visiting a phlebotomist, this doctor is going to examine your...

a)

eyes

b)

blood

c)

skin

d)

veins

20.

Choose the TWO medical terms talking about "bones"

a)

anaemia

b)

osteopathy

c)

osteoporosis

d)

leukaemia

21.
-itis
a)
flow, discharge 
b)
enlargement
c)
bursting forth
d)
inflammation
22.
abnormal condition
a)
-dynia
b)
-osis
c)
-rrhea
d)
-pathy
23.
-algia
a)
pain
b)
rupture
c)
flow, discharge 
d)
to suture
24.
-pathy
a)
a path
b)
enlargement
c)
disease
d)
pain
25.
surgical incision, process of cutting into
a)
-plasty
b)
-ectomy
c)
-otomy
d)
-ostomy
26.

study of

a)

-logy

b)

-metry

c)

-rraphy

d)

-itis

27.

-ic

a)

full of

b)

pertaining to

c)

to cut into

d)

resembling, like

28.

tumor

a)

-ology

b)

-oma

c)

-ostomy

d)

-scopy

29.

-scope

a)

instrument for examination

b)

study of something

c)

visual examination

d)

process of recording

30.
pertaining to
a)
-ase
b)
-al
c)
-cyte
d)
-gen
31.
cell
a)
-clast
b)
-blast
c)
-cyte
d)
-gram
32.
one who studies and and practices
a)
-logy
b)
-ostomy
c)
-ologist
d)
-orrhexis
33.
visual examination
a)
-scope
b)
-scopy
c)
-stasis
d)
-tomy
34.
-lysis
a)
involuntary contraction
b)
breaking down or dissolution
c)
enlargement
d)
pouching or hernia
35.

poly

a)

many, much

b)

one, single

c)

small, scant

d)

around

36.

leuk/o

a)

half

b)

within

c)

white

d)

around

37.

tachy

a)

fast, rapid

b)

many, much

c)

against, opposite

d)

above, over

38.

hypo

a)

under

b)

beside

c)

above

d)

within

39.

sugar

a)

gluc/o

b)

glucos/o

c)

glyc/o

d)

all of these

40.

hemat/0

a)

clotting

b)

blood

c)

vein

d)

deficiency

41.

ad

a)

toward, to, near

b)

away from

c)

down

d)

together

42.

para

a)

without

b)

before

c)

beside, beyond

d)

within

43.

endo

a)

after, behind

b)

one, single

c)

inner, inside

d)

into, within

44.

Which of these suffixes indicates a surgical removal?

a)

“-ectomy”

b)

“-emia”

c)

“-genic”

d)

“-gram”

45.

What does the word root gastr refer to?

a)

“large intestine”

b)

“small intestine”

c)

“kidneys”

d)

“stomach”

46.

What does the word root encephal refer to?

a)

“Spinal cord”

b)

“Brain”

c)

“Nerve”

d)

“Mouth”

47.

Which of these word roots indicates bone?

a)

“oste”

b)

“arthr”

c)

“ligament”

d)

“chondr”

48.

Which of these word roots indicates lungs?

a)

“laryng”

b)

“pharyng”

c)

“sinus”

d)

“pneum”

49.

What does the prefix hypo- refer to?

a)

“Over”

b)

“Under”

c)

“Between”

d)

“Equal”

50.

What does the prefix peri- refer to?

a)

“Surrounding”

b)

“Disease”

c)

“False”

d)

“Backward”