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Unit 1A: Hacked by Mr Louis

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is medical terminology?

a)

the language used by medical professionals

b)

the language used by Mechanical programming

c)

away from normal or not normal

d)

describes the disease or condition of the patient

2.

Medical terminology is the same for all medical professionals 

a)

Tru

b)

Flase

c)

True

d)

False

3.

Which of these is NOT an importance of medical terminology?

a)

allows healthcare professionals to communicate

b)

can be understood by only a few medical professionals, such as doctors 

c)

describes condition of a patient and treatment needed

d)

saves time in medical emergency

4.

Prefix comes at the ______ of the word, Suffixes come at the ______ of the word

a)

Start, End

b)

End, Start

5.

Root words are...

a)

at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

b)

the main part of the word

c)

a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce 

d)

at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

6.

Prefixes are...

a)

at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

b)

the main part of the word

c)

a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

d)

at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

7.

Suffixes are...

a)

at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

b)

the main part of the word

c)

a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

d)

at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

8.

Combining vowels are...

a)

at the beginning of the word, and give us more information about the word

b)

the main part of the word

c)

a vowel added to make the word easier to pronounce

d)

at the end of the word, and give us more information about the word

9.

Arthr means?

a)

Cancer

b)

Stomach

c)

Bones

d)

Joints

10.

What is cancer in medical terms?

a)

Psych

b)

Canc

c)

Carcin

d)

Osteo

11.

What does cardiology mean?

a)

Study of the heart

b)

Study of the bones

c)

Cancer forming

d)

Heart diseases

12.

Medical term for Chemicals =

(a)  

13.

What does phleb mean?

a)

Mind

b)

Vein

c)

Clot

d)

Lipid

14.

What does a toxicology report tell me?

a)

If there is any poison in the persons system 

b)

If the person has cancer of the blood

c)

If the persons veins are damaged

d)

Study of chemicals 

15.

I have discovered a thrombosis in my patients 'phleb', what have I found?

a)

Cancer in their lungs

b)

Clot in the veins

c)

Clot in their fatty tissue

d)

Cancer in their arteries

16.

What does pronunciation mean?

a)

to use medical terminology when talking with doctors

b)

to change medical terms into common words, for people to understand

c)

to help communicate with emergency services

d)

to say words in the correct or proper way

17.

What does the suffix -logy mean?

a)

Study of

b)

Cancer forming

c)

Disease or disease process

d)

State or condition

18.

What does the suffix -aemia mean?

a)

-pathy

b)

Forming

c)

Disease or disease process

d)

Blood condition

19.

What does the suffix -genic mean?

a)

Inflammation

b)

Genetic

c)

Forming

d)

Disease or disease process

20.

My patient has Bronchitis, what's wrong with them?

a)

Burst blood vessel 

b)

Blockage (obstruction) in their airway

c)

Swelling/inflammation in their bronchus 

d)

Swelling in their stomach

21.

I am a doctor who specialises in peripheral neuropathies. What kind of diseases are my patients likely to have?

a)

Diseases of the brain and spinal cord

b)

Diseases of the peripheral part of my digestive system

c)

Diseases of my nerves, outside of my brain and spinal cord

d)

Disease and study of the lymphatic system

22.

Which one of these is a peripheral neuropathy?

a)

Multiple Sclerosis 

b)

Epilepsy

c)

Alzheimer's

d)

Rheumatoid Arthritis 

23.

What does the predix 'a- or an-' mean?

a)

away from or off

b)

slow

c)

without or lack of

d)

between

24.

What does the prefix 'ab-' mean?

a)

against

b)

without or lack of

c)

tachy-

d)

away from or off

25.

What is the prefix for against?

a)

anti-

b)

ante-

c)

epi-

d)

agains-

26.

Ante-natal care is healthcare a mother receives _____ the baby is born.

a)

Before the baby is born.

b)

Whilst the baby is being born.

c)

After the baby is born.

d)

Before they are expecting a child.

27.

Khalid has a very fast heart beat (1) due to his high blood pressure (2).

Hassan has a heart condition (3) that causes him to have a slow heart beat (4).

a)

1) bradycardia

2) hyperpressure

3) cardiopathy

4) tachycardia

b)

1) tachycardia

2) hypotension

3) cardiopathy

4) bradycardia

c)

1) bradycardia

2) hypertension

3) cardioitis

4) tachycardia

d)

1) tachycardia

2) hypertension

3) cardiopathy

4) bradycardia

28.

Mohammed has a nasty skin rash. He has been prescribes some cream that should be applied to his epidermis and needs an intramuscular injection every month. Unfortunately, he didn't pay enough attention in class and doesn't know what these words mean, can you help him?

a)

He should apply the cream to his bottom layer of skin and injection goes inbetween then muscle

b)

He should apply the cream to his upper layer of skin and injection goes within the muscle

c)

He should spread the cream on toast and inject the doctor

d)

The cream needs to be injected within the upper layer of skin to help his muscles