Test Bank For Medical Language for Modern Health 3rd Edition by David Allan

Test Bank For Medical Language for Modern Health 3rd Edition by David Allan

CHAPTER NO 3

Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following terms is spelled correctly?
A. Thoraces
B. Lumins
C. Diagnosos
D. Axila
E. Arteriea

2. Which of the following terms is spelled correctly?
A. Hipogastric
B. Cotrices
C. Lumin
D. Appendices
E. Carcinomaes

3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. To analyze a medical term, reread the term and practice pronunciation in syllabus
B. Breaking a medical term down into basic elements or forms is called defining the term
C. Not every medical term will have all elements present at the same time
D. The term endocarditis has two word elements
E. The documentation that you write in a patient’s record is for reference only. It is not a legal document

4. Elements of a medical term are the:
A. individual parts of the word
B. references to Greek or Roman origins
C. multiple syllables of the word
D. combining vowels of the word
E. indicators that the word is plural

5. The prefix is:
A. the core of the word
B. found at the end of the word
C. the beginning of some words
D. the combining of the word
E. rarely used in the medical language

6. The core element of any term is its:
A. spelling
B. root
C. ending
D. usage
E. beginning

7. The plural form of the word for armpit is:
A. axilla
B. axillas
C. axillary
D. axillae
E. axillae

8. The singular form of the term that means a wall dividing two cavities is:
A. corpus
B. septum
C. corpora
D. septa
E. corpa

9. The plural form of the word thorax is:
A. thoraxes
B. thoraca
C. thoraces
D. thorases
E. thoracae

10. The singular form of the word for body organ is:
A. viscer
B. viscus
C. viscera
D. viscerae
E. viscos