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Medical root words

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose 3 reasons we use medical terminology

a)

judgement

b)

communicate

c)

treatment

d)

choices

e)

saves time

2.

onco

a)

chemical

b)

heart

c)

disease

d)

cancer

3.

cardi/o

a)

heart

b)

to cut

c)

chemical

d)

lung

4.

pulmon/o

a)

heart

b)

disease

c)

lung

d)

breathing

5.

what are the parts of a medical word

a)

prefix

b)

nouns

c)

suffix

d)

adverb

e)

root word

6.

hemat/o

a)

disease

b)

fluid

c)

vessel

d)

blood

7.

gastr/o

a)

female

b)

liver

c)

small intestine

d)

stomach

8.

derm

a)

skin

b)

muscle

c)

vein

d)

teeth

9.

bone

a)

arthro

b)

oto

c)

cephalo

d)

osteo

10.

arthro

a)

joint

b)

muscle

c)

bone

d)

ear

11.

clot

a)

throm

b)

phleb

c)

glyc

d)

haem

12.

vein

a)

artero

b)

lipid

c)

throm

d)

phleb

13.

fat

a)

chemo

b)

lippid

c)

lipid

d)

toxo

14.

poison

a)

toxo

b)

pois

c)

chemo

d)

toxi

15.

sugar

a)

gluco

b)

glyco

c)

glyc

d)

sugar

16.

mind

a)

psyk

b)

psych

c)

psyc

d)

psy

17.

What is a combining vowel

a)

a letter that makes it easier to pronounce word

b)

a letter to join 2 parts of a word

c)

a, e, i, o, y

d)

any letter that makes a word easier to pronounce