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Medical Terminology I Ch. 1 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Not or Decreased

a)

peri-

b)

a-, an-

c)

brady-

d)

hyper-

2.

Above or high

a)

tachy

b)

hyper

c)

hypo

d)

leuko

3.

Hypoglycemia

a)

blood is fast

b)

pertaining to low blood glucose (sugar)

c)

pertaining to high glucose (sugar)

d)

Pertaining to blood

4.

Liver (add the combining vowel)

(a)  

5.

Mr. Smith was having heart problems. He will need to see a specialist who went to school to study:

a)

biology

b)

anthropology

c)

ecology

d)

cardiology

6.

In high school you may dissect a frog in this class to learn more about the study of life:

a)

ecology

b)

biology

c)

zoology

d)

sociology

7.

Suffixes are added _____________ of a word.

a)

at the beginning

b)

in the middle

c)

at the end

8.

Which of the following means abnormal condition?

a)

-algia

b)

-ectomy

c)

hyper-

d)

-osis

e)

hypo-

9.

Which of the following means surgical removal?

a)

-algia

b)

-ectomy

c)

hyper-

d)

hypo-

e)

-osis

10.

Which combining form means kidney?

a)

path/o

b)

ur/o

c)

nephr/o

d)

radi/o

11.

Which combining form means disease?

a)

oste/o

b)

rhin/o

c)

path/o

d)

psych/o

12.

Which word is spelled correctly?

a)

arthrscopy

b)

arthroscopy

c)

arthscopy

13.

Bio

a)

Life

b)

Tree

c)

Self

d)

Human

14.

Pathy

a)

Tooth

b)

Root

c)

Disease

d)

Death

15.

Itis

a)

Degeneration

b)

Breakdown

c)

Inflammation

d)

Ache

16.

Nephro

a)

Spleen

b)

Stomach

c)

Brain

d)

Kidney

17.

Hepato

a)

Spleen

b)

Lung

c)

Liver

d)

Bile

18.

Hypo

a)

Fast

b)

Tachy

c)

Deceased

d)

Low

19.

Medical Terminology is primarily made of greek & latin word parts

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Terms built from "Word parts" include:

a)

Prefix, Word Root, Combining Vowel & Suffixes

b)

True

c)

False

21.

____ Is the core of a word

a)

Prefix

b)

Word Root

c)

Combining Vowel

d)

Suffix

22.

Examples of a prefix are:

a)

Bi-, Tri-, Macro-, Normo-, Tachy-

b)

True

c)

False

23.

Examples of a Suffix are:

a)

-itis, -ic , -pathy, -megaly

b)

True

c)

False

24.

cyt/o means

a)

blue

b)

cell

c)

bone

d)

joint

25.

Medical term word root that means; "gland"

a)

aden/o

b)

ren/o

c)

vas/o

d)

hyster/o

26.

rhin/o-

a)

nose

b)

bone

c)

face

d)

exotic animal

27.

Who is likely to deal with renal (root word ren/o) failure?

a)

Cardiologist

b)

Neurologist

c)

Pediatrician

d)

Urologist

28.

electrocardiogram

a)

electric heart record

b)

record of heart rate

c)

electricity in the head

d)

heart beating

29.

-oma

a)

skin graft

b)

someone that studies tumors

c)

tumor, mass, swelling

d)

cancerous tumor

30.

Adenitis

a)

relating to teeth

b)

inflammation of the glands

c)

inflammation of the teeth

d)

relating to glands