Unlocking Medical Terminology 2nd Edition by Wingerd – Test Bank

Unlocking Medical Terminology 2nd Edition by Wingerd – Test Bank

Test Bank
CHAPTER 1
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Cardi is an example of which word part?
A. suffix
B. word root
C. combining form
D. prefix
2. Which medical term is spelled correctly?
A. cardiapathy
B. artarioscope
C. osteoitis
D. hepatology
3. What word parts make up the medical term arthroscopy?
A. prefix, word root, combining vowel, suffix
B. prefix, combining vowel, word root
C. prefix, word root, suffix
D. word root, combining vowel, suffix
4. Which combining form means joint?
A. ven/o
B. arter/o
C. oste/o
D. arthr/o
5. Which is a suffix that means measure?
A. -scope
B. -meter
C. -scopy
D. -logy
6. Wilm’s tumor is an example of a(n):
A. eponym
B. synonym
C. combining form
D. acronym
7. Which medical term is an example of an acronym?
A. diabetes
B. Huntington’s chorea
C. AIDS
D. appendicitis
8. What is the definition of the medical term intrahepatic?
A. under the liver
B. study of the liver
C. beyond the liver
D. pertaining to within the liver
9. Which prefix means above or excessive?
A. ab-
B. intra-
C. hyper-
D. post-
10. Study of the stomach is the definition of which medical term?
A. prevenous
B. gastrology
C. osteopathy
D. hepatitis
11. Which is the medical term that means pertaining to the stomach and liver?
A. gastrohepatic
B. arteriovenous
C. osteoarthritis
D. cardiopathy
12. Which medical term has two word roots?
A. intravenous
B. subhepatic
C. osteoarthritis
D. cardiopathy
13. What is the definition of the medical term osteitis?
A. disease of the arteries
B. measure of liver function
C. study of joints
D. inflammation of the bone
14. What is the definition of the suffix -scopy?
A. pertaining to instruments
B. use of an instrument for viewing
C. an instrument used for viewing
D. study of instruments
15. What is the meaning of the prefix ab-?
A. away from
B. under
C. to follow after
D. excess
True/False
Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
16.
_______ The plural of neurosis is neuroses.

17.
_______ The combining vowel is used between a prefix and a word root to ease pronunciation.

18.
_______ A medical term must have four parts: a prefix, a word root, a combining vowel, and a suffix.

19.
_______ A word root is the part of a word that modifies its primary meaning.

20.
_______ In the medical term gastroscopy (gas-TROS-ko-pee), the first o sound is short.

21.
_______ An acronym is a word created from abbreviations or the first letters of a group of words.

22.
_______ When a medical term is constructed from word parts, its definition usually starts with the definition of the suffix.

23.
_______ The suffix -ous means inflammation of.

24.
_______ Medical terminology is a language that is built mostly on Greek and Latin word parts.

25.
_______ The definition of cardiology is the study of the heart.

Short Answer
Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written with a combining vowel and a slash; for example, the combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written with a hyphen before the suffix; for example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written with a hyphen after the prefix; for example, the prefix meaning two is bi-.

26. What is a prefix that means deficient?
27. In the medical term gastroscopy, what is the word root?
28. What is the medical term for pertaining to disease of the liver?
29. What does the prefix -intra mean?
30. What does the medical term hepatitis mean inflammation of the ________?
31. What is the medical term that means pertaining to below the stomach?
32. What suffix besides –ic and -ous means pertaining to?
33. What is the medical term meaning study of disease?
34. What is the plural of atrium?
35. What is the medical term for an instrument used to view joints?
Essay
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
36. What are some helpful hints for learning medical terminology?
37. Describe the steps for defining medical terms.
CHAPTER 2
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The pregnant client will soon deliver a baby, head first. This presentation is known as:
A. caudal
B. cephalic
C. distal
D. ventral
2. In a dorsal recumbent position, the client is lying on his/her:
A. back
B. front
C. left side
D. right side
3. If a physician ordered a lateral chest x-ray, the x-ray will be taken from which view?
A. back
B. front
C. side
D. top
4. The patient has an injury on his shin. The nurse should check the circulation distal to the point of injury. The nurse should check circulation in the:
A. calf
B. foot
C. knee
D. thigh
5. The medical term for pertaining to below a reference point is:
A. distal
B. inferior
C. lateral
D. posterior
6. What is part of the viscera of the abdominal cavity?
A. bladder
B. brain
C. heart
D. liver
7. The patient presents with trauma to his arm. The health care provider should carefully assess which region?
A. brachial
B. cervical
C. femoral
D. inguinal
8. If a patient presents complaining of lower back pain, the health care provider would complete a close assessment of which region?
A. brachial
B. gluteal
C. lumbar
D. thoracic
9. Which abdominal region is just below the cartilage of the ribs?
A. hypochondriac
B. hypogastric
C. iliac
D. lumbar
10. A pathologist is a physician who studies what?
A. disease
B. infection
C. physiology
D. trauma
11. The health care provider conducts an interview and assessment to discover the cause of the client’s disease, which is the:
A. diagnosis
B. etiology
C. sign
D. symptom
12. The patient complains of headache and nausea. The health care provider should chart these:
A. diagnoses
B. signs
C. symptoms
D. traumas
13. A radiologic procedure that uses computer imaging to produce three-dimensional images of organs in the chest and abdomen is know as a(n):
A. CAT scan
B. endoscopy
C. MRI
D. ultrasound
14. Which medical term is spelled correctly?
A. anterioposterior
B. caudial
C. infrachrondal
D. sequelae
15. Which is a suffix that means pertaining to?
A. -ad
B. -al
C. -logy
D. -pathy
Short Answer
Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. All answers to questions asking for a combining form must be written with a combining vowel and a slash; for example, the combining form meaning heart is cardi/o. All answers to questions asking for a suffix must be written with a hyphen before the suffix; for example, the suffix meaning cell is -cyte. All answers to questions asking for a prefix must be written with a hyphen after the prefix; for example, the prefix meaning two is bi-.

16. What is the term for the study of body function?
17. What is the medical term that means pertaining to the middle and side?
18. What is the medical term for toward the tail?
19. The word root that means the opposite of posterior is ________.
20. The medical term that means pertaining to the front and the back is ________.
21. The coronal plane divides the body into anterior and ________ portions.
22. What is the sheet of muscle that separates the thoracic and abdominal cavities?
23. What cavity contains the heart and lungs?
24. What is the medical term for a disease that is induced by medical treatment?
25. What is the medical term for a disease of unknown cause or origin?
True/False
Write “T” if the statement is true and “F” if the statement is false.
26.
_______ Anatomy is the study of body structure.

27.
_______ Proxim/o is the combining form that means away from a point of reference.

28.
_______ A sagittal plane is a vertical plane that passes through the body from front to back and divides the body into right and left portions.

29.
_______ The dorsal cavity contains the cranial and spinal cavities.

30.
_______ If a client complains of pain in his abdomen above his belly and umbilicus, the health care provider should chart that the client is complaining of epigastric pain.

31.
_______ The lumbar region of the abdomen is located to the right and left of the hypochondriac region.

32.
_______ The chest region is known as the thoracic region.

33.
_______ Inflammation is a response to trauma that is characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain.

34.
_______ A diagnostic procedure that uses radioactive substances to create images is called positron emission tomography.

35.
_______ Diagnostic imaging that creates three-dimensional images using magnetic fields to trace the element hydrogen in soft tissues is known as ultrasound.

Essay
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
36. Describe the anatomical position.
37. What is homeostasis, and what happens when the body fails to maintain homeostasis?
CHAPTER 3
Multiple Choice
Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. List building blocks of the body in order, from simple to complex.
A. atoms, tissues, cells, organs
B. cells, molecules, organs, tissues
C. molecules, cells, tissues, organs
D. organs, tissues, cells, atoms
2. The word root that means color is:
A. chrom
B. lei
C. rhabd
D. thel
3. One who studies tissues is known as a(n):
A. cytologist
B. histologist
C. oncologist
D. pathologist
4. DNA, which contains genetic material, is the universal acronym for:
A. denatured acidic material
B. deoxynucleic acid
C. deoxyribonucleic acid
D. dioxide nucleic acid
5. The parts of a cell that perform many of its functions, such as construction of molecules and release of energy, are known as:
A. cell membranes
B. chromosomes
C. nuclei
D. organelles
6. Which medical term is spelled correctly?
A. cyteplasm
B. epithilial
C. nuerons
D. rhabdomyoma