Test Bank For Medical Terminology A Short Course 7th Edition by Davi-Ellen Chabner
CHAPTER NO 3
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The suffix -osis means:
a.
inflammation
b.
tumor
c.
pain
d.
abnormal condition
e.
visual examination
ANS: D REF: 93 OBJ: Word Parts
2. Blood infection is called:
a.
anemia
b.
septicemia
c.
meningitis
d.
hematoma
e.
hemorrhage
ANS:BREF:88OBJ:Medical Terms
3. Ear pain is called:
a.
otitis
b.
rhinalgia
c.
myalgia
d.
arthritis
e.
otalgia
ANS:EREF:87-88OBJ:Medical Terms
4. A condition in which blood is held back from an organ is:
a.
ischemia
b.
uremia
c.
hematuria
d.
leukemia
e.
menorrhea
ANS:AREF:88OBJ:Medical Terms
5. A benign tumor of muscle is a(n):
a.
adenoma
b.
adenocarcinoma
c.
myoma
d.
myosarcoma
e.
myocardial infarction
ANS:CREF:87 | 91OBJ:Medical Terms
6. Renal failure leads to an abnormal blood condition called:
a.
vasculitis
b.
leukemia
c.
menorrhagia
d.
thrombosis
e.
uremia
ANS:EREF:89OBJ:Medical Terms
7. Enlargement of the liver is called:
a.
hepatomegaly
b.
nephritis
c.
hepatitis
d.
cardiomegaly
e.
splenomegaly
ANS:AREF:86 | 91OBJ:Medical Terms
8. Inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord is called:
a.
neuritis
b.
encephalitis
c.
pleuritis
d.
meningitis
e.
peritonitis
ANS:DREF:89OBJ:Medical Terms
9. The windpipe is called the:
a.
larynx
b.
pharynx
c.
esophagus
d.
trachea
e.
colon
ANS:DREF:87OBJ:Medical Terms
10. Disease of heart muscle is called:
a.
myopathy
b.
arthropathy
c.
cardiomyopathy
d.
nephropathy
e.
encephalopathy
ANS:CREF:93OBJ:Medical Terms
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