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Worksheetsmed term c 9,10,11
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 37mins
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical prefixes. Their teacher asks, "If a doctor mentions something related to 'Nephro-', what organ are they talking about?"
Liver
Kidney
Bladder
Gallbladder
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them which combining form means kidney. What is the correct answer?
nephr/o
ur/o
cyst/o
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about medical prefixes. Their teacher asks, "If a doctor mentions something related to 'Nephro-', what organ are they referring to?"
Liver
Kidney
Bladder
Gallbladder
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them which combining form means kidney. What is the correct answer?
nephr/o
ur/o
cyst/o
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them, "Which of the following is a combining form for urine?"
ur/o
cyst/o
void/o
Ricky and Lucie are learning about the urinary system in class. If Ricky asks which part of the body is responsible for transporting urine from the kidneys to the bladder, what should Lucie answer?
kidneys
ureters
urethra
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about the urinary system. Their teacher asks them what the normal color of urine is. What should they answer?
straw
amber
pink
florescent yellow
Lucie noticed that her grandmother sometimes cannot control her bladder and accidentally leaks urine. What is this condition called?
the ability to control the bladder
the inability to control the bladder
Lucie has been experiencing a sudden, strong urge to urinate and sometimes cannot make it to the bathroom in time. Which of the following could be a cause of her symptoms?
sneezing
jumping on a trampoline
a UTI
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky learned about different types of organ inflammation. What is the medical term for inflammation of the kidney?
nephritis
cystitis
carditis
hepatitis
Ricky is studying for his medical exams and comes across a case where a patient needs the excision of a kidney. What is the medical term for this procedure?
nephrectomy
nephroscopy
nephrostomy
nephrolith
During a medical terminology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about terms related to the urinary system. What is the combining form meaning stone?
(a)
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them to identify the suffix that means urine. What is the correct suffix?
(a)
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them what the root "Noct(i)" means. What is the correct answer?
(a)
During a medical terminology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about the urinary system. Their instructor asks them to identify the combining form for bladder. What is the correct answer?
(a)
During a medical terminology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about different suffixes. Their teacher asks, "Which term means hernia, tumor, or swelling?"
ur/o
-pexy
-cele
-lysis
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are studying medical terminology. They come across the term radicul/o. What does this term refer to?
burn; burning; heat
brain
sensation, feeling
nerve root
During a science class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks, "What does the root word 'caus/o' or 'caut' mean?"
fear
burn; burning; heat
sensation, feeling
nerve root
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie were discussing medical terms. Ricky asked Lucie what the term "encephala/o" refers to. What is the correct answer?
brain
shaken together, violently agitated
fear
pertaining to the mind
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher writes "cerebr/o" on the board and asks what it means. What is the correct answer?
burn; burning; heat
instrument for recording
brain
nerve root
Lucie and Ricky are studying medical terminology. They come across the term psych/o. What does this term mean?
brain
pertaining to the mind
fear
nervous sensation/feeling
During a science class, Ricky and Lucie learned about different medical terms. Their teacher asked them what the root "concuss/o" means. What is the correct meaning?
shaken together, violently agitated
burn, burning, heat
to bruise
sensation, feeling
Ricky noticed that Lucie always felt uneasy and avoided situations involving heights, spiders, or crowded places. What is the term for this kind of intense fear?
brain
turning
nerve root
fear
During a science class, Lucie and Ricky were learning about medical terminology. Their teacher wrote the term contus/o on the board and asked what it means. What is the correct meaning of contus/o?
right ear
to bruise
brain
turning
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them what the combining forms neur/i and neur/o refer to. What is the correct answer?
nerve/nervous system
bone marrow, spinal cord
membrane covering the brain and spinal cord
brain
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical suffixes. Their teacher asks, "What does the suffix -esthesia mean?"
sensation, feeling
bone marrow, spinal cord
pertaining to the mind
turning
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them what the term myel/o refers to. What is the correct answer?
sensation, feeling
instrument for recording
nerve, nervous system
bone marrow, spinal cord
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky were learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asked them what the root "esthet/o" means. What is the correct answer?
right ear
nervous sensation, feeling
fear
nerve root
Ricky and Lucie are learning about medical terms in their science class. Their teacher asks them what the suffix -graphy means. What is the correct answer?
burning, burn, heat
pertaining to the mind
instrument for recording
fear
During a biology class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about different parts of the nervous system. Their teacher asks them what the term mening/o refers to. What is the correct answer?
brain
membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
sensation, feeling
to bruise
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are discussing scientific terms. Lucie asks Ricky what the suffix -trophic means in biology. Which of the following is the correct meaning?
turning
right ear
shaken together, violently agitated
nerve root
Ricky noticed that his grandfather was experiencing muscular weakness, involuntary contractions, and excessive reflexes. After visiting the doctor, they learned it was caused by degeneration of motor neurons in the spinal cord and in the brain's medulla and cortex. What is the name of this disease?
AD
ALS
ADHD
CP
During a science class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about the human body. Their teacher asks, "What is the watery, clear fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord?"
CSF
CP
ADHD
MS
During a school assembly, Ricky suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness for a brief moment. What is the medical term for this condition?
Syncope
Cerebral
Neurology
Occipital
Cataract
Lucie and Ricky are learning about the human eye in their science class. Their teacher asks them to identify the colored part of the eye. What is it called?
Sclera
Iris
Pupil
Cornea
During a science class, Lucie and Ricky are looking at each other's eyes. They notice the black circular center of the eye. What is this part called?
Sclera
Iris
Pupil
Cornea
During a science class, Ricky and Lucie are learning about the human eye. Their teacher asks them, "Can you tell me which part is the outer layer of the eye?"
Choroid
Sclera
Retinal
Optic disc
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are discussing the parts of the eye. Which of the following is the internal layer of the eye?
Choroid
Sclera
Retinal
Optic disc
During a science class, Lucie and Ricky are examining a part of the eye that is colorless, flexible, and transparent. Which part are they studying?
Conjunctiva
Lacrimal duct
Optic disc
Lens
During a science class, Lucie accidentally gets some dust in her eye. The teacher explains that the mucous membrane lining the interior surface of the eye helps protect it. What is this membrane called?
Conjunctiva
Lacrimal duct
Optic disc
Lens
Ricky was watching a sad movie and started to cry. Where are the tears produced in his eyes?
Conjunctiva
Lacrimal duct
Optic disc
Lens
During a biology class, Lucie and Ricky are learning about medical terminology. Their teacher asks them to identify the meaning of the root words audi/o and audit/o. What do these terms refer to?
Tube
Hearing
Eardrum, middle ear
Old
tympan/o
Tube
Hearing
Eardrum, middle ear
Old
salping/o
Tube
Hearing
Eardrum, middle ear
White of the eye
scler/o
White of the eye
Gray or silver
Old
Hearing
presby/o
Eyelid
Gray or silver
Old
Hearing
glauc/o
White of the eye
Gray or silver
Old
Hearing
blephar/o
White of the eye
Gray or silver
Old
Eyelid
Where do vibrations in the ear occur?
Eardrum
Vestibule
Auricle
Cochlea
What do opt/o, optic/o, opthalm/o all mean?
Ear
Skin
Taste
Eye
True or False: The receptors in the skin are universal (ex. touch receptors can pick up pain)
True
False
hema/o, hemat/o
water
urine
blood
bladder
hydr/o
blood
water
urine
kidney
lith/o
stone
blood
urine
kidney
py/o
pus
plasm
blood
urine
-tripsy
surgical repair
surgical crushing
surgical condition
surgical kidney
UTI
urinary tract infection
urinary track infection
urinary taco infection
urinary time infection
The clear, colorless mucous membrane that lines the eyelids and covers the anterior portion of the eyeball.
sclera
cornea
conjunctiva
choroid
Medical root word for smell.
dacry/o
ossic/o
scot/o
olfact/o
Medical root word for light.
irid/o
dipl/o
glauc/o
phot/o
opt/o
ear
eye
nose
mouth
Adeno means
gland
adrenal gland
fat
head
Carcino means
nerve
brain
cancer
black
Who would operate on the brain?
pediatrician
oncologist
neurosurgeon
gynecologist
Another term for a headache is
lethargy
malaise
cardiodynia
cephalgia
Surgery to repair a nerve is
neoplasm
neurotic
neuroplasty
parietal
Inflammation of the spinal cord is
hydrocephalus
gingivitis
encephalitis
meningitis
Another term for vomiting is
emesis
hemorrhage
hepatocele
lymphatic
