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Medical Terminology Quiz

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the prefix "Lip/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Bone

b)

Fat

c)

Muscle

d)

Skin

2.

Which prefix refers to "cancer" in medical terminology?

a)

Carcin/o

b)

Chondr/o

c)

Myel/o

d)

Osse/o

3.

Which prefix refers to "skin" in medical terminology?

a)

Derm/o

b)

Arthr/o

c)

Crani/o

d)

Pelv/i

4.

What does "Crani/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Skull

b)

Spine

c)

Pelvis

d)

Muscle

5.

Which prefix refers to "bone marrow" in medical terminology?

a)

Myel/o

b)

Osse/o

c)

Pelv/i

d)

Spondyl/o

6.

What does "Spin/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Spine

b)

Vertebra

c)

Skull

d)

Cartilage

7.

Which term is used to refer to "fat" in medical terminology?

a)

Lip/o

b)

Adip/o

c)

Steat/o

d)

All of the above

8.

What does "Osse/o" mean in medical terminology?

a)

Bone

b)

Muscle

c)

Skin

d)

Joint

9.

What does "Cutane/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Skin

b)

Hair

c)

Muscle

d)

Joint

10.

Which term is used to refer to "neck" in medical terminology?

a)

Cervic/o

b)

Cephal/o

c)

Crani/o

d)

Arthr/o

11.

What does "Muscul/o" mean in medical terminology?

a)

Muscle

b)

Fat

c)

Skin

d)

Bone

12.

Which prefix refers to "disease" in medical terminology?

a)

Path/o

b)

Bi/o

c)

Cyt/o

d)

Hist/o

13.

What does the suffix '-cyte' mean?

a)

Study of

b)

Cell

c)

Disease

d)

Pain

14.

Which term refers to the eye in medical terminology?

a)

Ot/o

b)

Ophthalm/o

c)

Tendin/o

d)

Myel/o

15.

What does the suffix '-algia' indicate?

a)

Pain

b)

Formation

c)

Paralysis

d)

Condition

16.

What does the term 'Neur/o' refer to?

a)

Nerve

b)

Brain

c)

Tendon

d)

Ear

17.

What does the suffix '-oma' mean?

a)

Tumor, mass

b)

Inflammation

c)

Pain

d)

Resembling

18.

Which suffix refers to the study of something?

a)

-pathy

b)

-logy

c)

-cyte

d)

-osis

19.

What does the suffix '-plagia' mean?

a)

Paralysis

b)

Formation

c)

Pain

d)

Condition

20.

What does the suffix '-genic' indicate?

a)

Producing

b)

Resembling

c)

Pain

d)

Inflammation

21.

What does the term 'Tendin/o' refer to?

a)

Tendon

b)

Nerve

c)

Brain

d)

Eye

22.

What does the suffix '-oid' indicate?

a)

Resembling

b)

Producing

c)

Pain

d)

Tumor, mass

23.

What does the suffix '-graphy' mean?

a)

Producing images

b)

Study of

c)

Pain

d)

Tumor, mass

24.

What does the suffix '-scopy' refer to?

a)

Visual examination

b)

Study of

c)

Pain

d)

Tumor, mass

25.

What does the suffix '-plasia' mean?

a)

Formation

b)

Pain

c)

Tumor, mass

d)

Resembling

26.

What does the suffix '-opsy' refer to?

a)

Remove to view

b)

Study of

c)

Pain

d)

Tumor, mass

27.

What does the term 'Encephal/o' refer to?

a)

Brain

b)

Tendon

c)

Eye

d)

Nerve

28.

Which prefix means "Half"?

a)

Semi-

b)

Bi-

c)

Multi-

d)

Poly-

29.

What does the prefix "Trans-" mean?

a)

Across

b)

Self

c)

Difficult

d)

Abnormal

30.

Which prefix would you use to describe something that goes "Across" in the word "Transnational"?

a)

Auto-

b)

Dys-

c)

Trans-

d)

Sub-

31.

What does the prefix "Arthr/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Joint

b)

Bone

c)

Muscle

d)

Skin

32.

What does the suffix '-itis' indicate?

a)

Inflammation

b)

Resembling

c)

Formation

d)

Cell

33.

Which term is used to refer to "cartilage" in medical terminology?

a)

Myel/o

b)

Chondr/o

c)

Derm/o

d)

Osse/o

34.

What does the prefix "Oste/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Joint

b)

Skin

c)

Muscle

d)

Bone

35.

Which suffix means "tumor or mass"?

a)

-oma

b)

-itis

c)

-algia

d)

-cyte

36.

What does the prefix "Cephal/o" mean in medical terminology?

a)

Head

b)

Neck

c)

Spine

d)

Eye

37.

Which suffix means "cell" in medical terminology?

a)

-oma

b)

-itis

c)

-cyte

d)

-algia

38.

What does the prefix "Chondr/o" refer to?

a)

Bone

b)

Skin

c)

Muscle

d)

Cartilage

39.

Which term is used to refer to "joint" in medical terminology?

a)

Arthr/o

b)

Myel/o

c)

Cutane/o

d)

Cephal/o

40.

Which prefix refers to "muscle" in medical terminology?

a)

Chondr/o

b)

Derm/o

c)

Neur/o

d)

Muscul/o

41.

What does the suffix '-itis' mean in medical terminology?

a)

Cell

b)

Pain

c)

Inflammation

d)

Tumor

42.

Which prefix refers to "fat" in medical terminology?

a)

Lip/o

b)

Crani/o

c)

Osse/o

d)

Arthr/o

43.

Which prefix means "many"?

a)

Poly-

b)

Trans-

c)

Bi-

d)

Uni-

44.

Which term is used to refer to "cell" in medical terminology?

a)

-cyte

b)

-algia

c)

-oma

d)

-itis

45.

What does the prefix "My/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Skin

b)

Joint

c)

Muscle

d)

Bone

46.

Which suffix means "pain" in medical terminology?

a)

-oid

b)

-oma

c)

-algia

d)

-cyte

47.

What does the prefix "Crani/o" refer to?

a)

Skull

b)

Eye

c)

Brain

d)

Ear

48.

What does the prefix 'Myel/o' refer to?

a)

Skin

b)

Bone

c)

Muscle

d)

Spinal cord

49.

What does the prefix "Neur/o" refer to in medical terminology?

a)

Nerve

b)

Muscle

c)

Bone

d)

Skin

50.

Which prefix means "one"?

a)

Semi-

b)

Poly-

c)

Bi-

d)

Uni-