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Medical Roots Practice

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the root arteri/o mean?

a)

Artery

b)

Vein

c)

Lung

d)

Nerve

2.

What does the root brachi/o mean?

a)

Arm

b)

Leg

c)

Heart

d)

Skin

3.

What does the root bronch/o mean?

a)

Bronchial tube

b)

Blood

c)

Kidney

d)

Bone

4.

What does cardi/o mean?

a)

Heart

b)

Brain

c)

Vein

d)

Skin

5.

What does the root cost/o mean?

a)

Rib

b)

Liver

c)

Muscle

d)

Blood vessel

6.

What does erythr/o mean?

a)

Red

b)

White

c)

Yellow

d)

Blue

7.

What does gloss/o mean?

a)

Tongue

b)

Teeth

c)

Nose

d)

Brain

8.

What does hem/o or hemat/o mean?

a)

Blood

b)

Bone

c)

Muscle

d)

Joint

9.

What does laryng/o mean?

a)

Larynx

b)

Lung

c)

Heart

d)

Ear

10.

What does leuk/o mean?

a)

White

b)

Red

c)

Blue

d)

Gray

11.

What does or/o mean?

a)

Mouth

b)

Ear

c)

Nose

d)

Eye

12.

What does phleb/o mean?

a)

Vein

b)

Artery

c)

Bone

d)

Joint

13.

What does pneum/o mean?

a)

Lung or air

b)

Heart

c)

Brain

d)

Skin

14.

Which meaning best matches the combining form leuk/o?

a)

White blood cells or white

b)

Air in the lungs area

c)

Vein or venous vessel

d)

Mouth or oral cavity

15.

A patient is scheduled for an arthroscopy. Which structure will the clinician primarily examine?

a)

A joint within a limb

b)

A vein in the forearm

c)

A lung inside the chest

d)

A salivary gland tissue

16.

Which medical root means cold in therapeutic contexts?

a)

cry/o

b)

hydr/o

c)

my/o

d)

vas/o

17.

Which medical root refers to skin?

a)

derm/o or dermat/o

b)

oste/o

c)

rhin/o

d)

orth/o

18.

Which medical root means water or fluid?

a)

hydr/o

b)

vas/o

c)

my/o

d)

cry/o

19.

Which medical root refers to muscle tissue?

a)

my/o

b)

oste/o

c)

derm/o

d)

rhin/o

20.

Which medical root means straight or correct alignment?

a)

orth/o

b)

vas/o

c)

cry/o

d)

hydr/o

21.

Which medical root refers to bone?

a)

oste/o

b)

derm/o

c)

my/o

d)

vas/o

22.

Which medical root refers to the nose?

a)

rhin/o

b)

my/o

c)

orth/o

d)

hydr/o

23.

Which medical root refers to a vessel or duct, often vascular?

a)

vas/o

b)

oste/o

c)

derm/o

d)

cry/o

24.

Which body structure is indicated by the root cyst/o?

a)

Bladder or fluid-filled sac

b)

Kidney or renal organ

c)

Liver or hepatic tissue

d)

Intestine or bowel

25.

What does the root enter/o refer to?

a)

Intestine or bowel

b)

Stomach or gastric area

c)

Brain or cerebral tissue

d)

Skin or integument

26.

The root esophag/o relates to which part of the body?

a)

Esophagus or food tube

b)

Stomach or acid organ

c)

Tongue or lingual tissue

d)

Kidney or renal organ

27.

In medical terms, gluc/o most often means what?

a)

Sugar or glucose

b)

Salt or sodium

c)

Protein or amino acids

d)

Water or fluid

28.

Which organ is denoted by the root hepat/o?

a)

Liver or hepatic organ

b)

Heart or cardiac muscle

c)

Brain or neural tissue

d)

Stomach or gastric organ

29.

The root lip/o refers to which substance?

a)

Fat or adipose tissue

b)

Muscle or myofiber

c)

Bone or osseous tissue

d)

Blood or circulatory fluid

30.

What does lith/o typically mean in medical terminology?

a)

Stone or calculus

b)

Blood or hematologic

c)

Air or respiratory gas

d)

Fluid or liquid

31.

Which body part is indicated by the root nephr/o?

a)

Kidney or renal organ

b)

Bladder or storage sac

c)

Intestine or bowel

d)

Lung or pulmonary organ

32.

In health terms, pedia most closely means what?

a)

Child or pediatric

b)

Skin or dermal

c)

Bone or skeletal

d)

Adult or mature

33.

What does psych mean?

a)

Mind

b)

Heart

c)

Muscle

d)

Liver

34.

What does cephal/o mean?

a)

Head

b)

Knee

c)

Back

d)

Arm

35.

What does cerebr/o mean?

a)

Brain or cerebrum

b)

Spine or vertebrae

c)

Skin or dermis

d)

Muscle or myofiber

36.

What does electr/o mean?

a)

Electrical activity

b)

Heat production

c)

Movement control

d)

Sound vibration

37.

What does neur/o mean?

a)

Nerve

b)

Bone

c)

Muscle

d)

Blood

38.

What does ophthalm/o mean?

a)

Eye

b)

Ear

c)

Nose

d)

Heart

39.

What does path/o mean?

a)

Disease

b)

Blood

c)

Liver

d)

Skin