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WorksheetsCH5 Medical Term Building Blocks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 27mins
Build a medical term meaning pertaining to around the eye
(a) (b) (c)
Build a medical term meaning process of cutting a bone
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning pain in the muscle
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning surgical removal of the appendix
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning incision into the iris of the eye
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning surgical repair of the eardrum
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning visual examination of a joint using a scope
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning instrument used to examine the abdomen
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning pertaining to against itching:
(a) (b) (c)
Build a medical term meaning pertaining to across the eye:
(a) (b) (c)
Build a medical term meaning pertaining to below the skin:
(a) (b) (c)
Build a medical term meaning inflammation within the brain:
(a) (b) (c)
Build a medical term meaning pertaining to the breakdown or destruction of blood:
(a) (b)
Build a medical term meaning inflammation of the pancreas
(a) (b)
Medical terminology has its roots in which two languages?
French and Latin
Latin and Greek
German and French
German and Greek
The _____ is the word element added after the word root to change its meaning.
Combining vowel
Prefix
Suffix
Combining form
Which of the following is not a rule to consider when constructing medical words?
Not every medical term contains all the word elements
Plural forms of medical terms can follow English language rules
There are many exceptions to learn when building and structuring medical terms
All medical terms have prefixes
The suffix _____ means “inflammation.”
-osis
-cide
-rrhea
-itis
The word elements used in medical terminology include prefixes, suffixes, _____.
combining vowels, combining forms, and vocabulary terms
word roots, combining vowels, and combining consonants
word roots, combining vowels, and combining forms
combining vowels, word roots, and plural forms
Organize the word elements into the right categories
acr
chol
cyan
nephr
vascul
ur/o
ot/o
gynec/o
cerebr/o
aur/o
dys-
hemi-
meta-
pseudo-
tachy-
-esthesia
-iasis
-lysis
-orexia
-sclerosis
