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WorksheetsCH 1-5 Med Term Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Choose the correct answer. A bone that is broken across the horizontal plane is a
Transverse fracture
Linear fracture
Oblique fracture
Comminuted fracture
Choose the correct answer. An abnormal decrease in bone mineral density is called
Osteopenia
Osteosarcoma
Osteopathy
Osteomyelitis
Choose the correct answer. The suffix -meter means
Visual examination
Instrument used to measure
Pertaining to
Surgical puncturing
Choose the correct answer. How many bones are in the human body?
154
272
206
189
Choose the correct answer. Which of the following combining forms means cartilage?
Chondr/o
Osse/o
Arthr/o
Articul/o
Choose the correct answer. The combining form arthr/o means
Joint
Rod
Muscle
Bone
Choose the correct answer. What does intercostal mean?
Between two vertebrae
Within the muscle
Between two ribs
Within the cartilage
Choose the correct answer. Which type of fracture is one that does not break the skin?
Arterial fracture
Open fracture
Simple fracture
Compound fracture
Choose the correct answer. Which of the following is true of muscles?
They produce heat.
Two muscles meet at a joint.
They are the site for hematopoiesis, or production of blood cells.
They are all consciously controlled.
Choose the correct answer. The combining form for cold is
Chondr/o
Cry/o
Therm/o
Tom/o
Choose the correct answer. Which of the following is true of the word parts in the term bradykinesia?
Brady means rapid, kines/o means movement, and -ia means inflammation.
Brady means slow, kines/o means movement, and -ia means condition.
Brady means abnormal, kines/o means movement, and -ia means pertaining to.
Brady means away from, kines/o means pain, and -ia means condition.
What is the meaning of pulmonology?
The
study
of
tissue
The
study
of
blood
The
study
of
lungs
The
study
of
disease
A condition in which a blood clot forms in a blood vessel is called
Otitis
Thrombosis
Oliguria
Enteritis
Which of the following suffixes means disease?
-phasia
-phobia
-ptosis
-pathy
If a healthcare worker documents that a
patient is amb, what does that mean?
The patient is arriving by ambulance.
The patient is ambulatory.
The patient is ambivalent.
The patient is ambidextrous.
The medical abbreviation NPO means
The term anterior, with relation to anatomy,
means
The vertical plane that divides the body into
front and back sections is the ______ plane.
Which of the following is the body system that
is made up of the heart, blood vessels, and
blood?
Skin and the linings of the organs are made of
The outer layer of the skin that gives skin its
color is called
A rare form of cancer that is often seen in
patients with AIDS and develops in the linings
of the lymph or blood vessels, causing lesions,
is
Which of the following combining forms
means fatty tissue?
. Which glands in the dermis secrete oil?
A stroke caused by a blockage is called a(n)
__________ stroke.
What tool is used to test for color blindness?
The medical term for nearsightedness is
Which part of the brain controls things such as
heart rate, breathing, and vomiting?
brainstem
The combining form xer/o means
A seizure caused by a very high body tempera-
ture is a _____________ seizure.
