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.

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