Deck 1: Introduction to Healthcare Terminology

Question 1

A notation is made about an instrument to be ordered for the hospital. It makes a record of the electrical activity of the heart. The instrument is called an

A) electrocardioscope.
B) electrocardiogram.
C) electrocardiograph.
D) electrocardiography.

Answer 1

electrocardiograph.

Question 2

Surgically forming the external ear may be termed

A) otoplasty.
B) oculoplasty.
C) tympanoplasty.
D) trophoplasty.

Answer 2

otoplasty.

Question 3

You are checking a report for errors and find that one of the procedures listed is misspelled. Which one is it?

A) Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
B) Colostomy
C) Ileotomy
D) Ostetomy

Answer 3

Ostetomy

Question 4

A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner

A) after the birth of her child.
B) before the birth of her child.
C) the time surrounding the birth of her child.
D) at the time of delivery.

Question 5

A dermatosis would be a(n) _____ the skin.

A) abnormal condition of
B) examination of
C) discharge or flow from
D) instrument for cutting

Question 6

A word root for bone is

A) osis.
B) oste.
C) ophthalm.
D) opsy.

Question 7

If a patient is being treated for hypothermia, he/she has abnormally

A) high body temperature.
B) low body temperature.
C) high blood pressure.
D) low blood pressure.

Question 8

A patient has a hypertrophied scar. You recognize that this means the scar is

A) inflamed.
B) bleeding.
C) overdeveloped.
D) underdeveloped.

Question 9

Neurology is a discipline that would most likely treat patients with disorders of the

A) nerves.
B) teeth.
C) stomach.
D) joints.

Question 10

Making a new opening of the small intestines is

A) colostomy.
B) colotomy.
C) enterostomy.
D) enterotomy.

Question 11

The study of disease is

A) pathology.
B) neonatology.
C) obstetrics.
D) biology.

Question 12

The word component that refers to the stomach is

A) gastr/o.
B) col/o.
C) enter/o.
D) path/o.

Question 13

In the term neonatology, the suffix is

A) neo-.
B) nat-.
C) nato-.
D) -logy.

Question 14

The prefix anti- means

A) before.
B) after, behind.
C) near.
D) against.

Question 15

An enlargement of the heart is

A) cardialgia.
B) cardiopathy.
C) cardiorrhexis.
D) cardiomegaly.

Question 16

Alzheimer's disease is an example of a(n)

A) prefix.
B) word root.
C) eponym.
D) translatable term.

Question 17

An instrument used to cut bone is an

A) osteotome.
B) osteoscope.
C) osteotripter.
D) osteometer.

Question 18

Arthr/o is an example of a

A) prefix.
B) word root.
C) suffix.
D) combining form.

Question 19

In the term hypodermic, the prefix is

A) hypo-.
B) derm-.
C) dermo-.
D) -ic.

Question 20

A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. You know that the joint

A) was cut.
B) was cut out.
C) had a new opening made.
D) was visually examined.

Question 21

As part of the operative procedure, the surgeon performs an enteroplasty. You know that she has ____ part of the intestines.

A) enlarged
B) sutured
C) drained
D) surgically formed

Question 22

What is the singular of prognoses?

A) Prognosum
B) Prognosis
C) Prognosa
D) Prognose

Question 23

What is the plural of digitus?

A) Digites
B) Digities
C) Digitusi
D) Digiti

Question 24

What is the singular of septa?

A) Septus
B) Septi
C) Septae
D) Septum

Question 25

Patients with food caught in their interdental spaces have pieces of food _____ their teeth.

A) within
B) between
C) under
D) above

Question 26

A biopsy is a(n) ____ of living tissue.

A) disease process
B) inflammation
C) microscopic viewing
D) bursting forth

Question 27

The plural of phalanx is

A) phalangi.
B) phalanxae.
C) phalanges.
D) phalangus.

Question 28

In the term periosteum, you know that the suffix refers to

A) a structure.
B) surrounding.
C) bone.
D) through.

Question 29

Which is a diagnostic sign?

A) Fever
B) Pain
C) Dizziness
D) Itching

Question 30

The rules for combining a word root and a suffix that starts with a vowel dictate that you should

A) add a combining vowel before the suffix.
B) directly connect the word root and suffix.
C) reverse the suffix and word root so the suffix comes first.
D) add another word root to join the suffix and initial word root.

Question 31

If you are told that "cutaneo" is a combining form for the skin, then percutaneous would refer to a term that describes something that is ____ the skin.

A) under
B) through
C) surrounding
D) before

Question 32

What is the singular of thrombi?

A) Thromba
B) Thrombus
C) Thrombis
D) thromba

Question 33

The plural of vertebra is

A) vertebri.
B) vertebras.
C) vertebrus.
D) vertebrae.

Question 34

Examining the term epidermis, you would expect that the word part epi- refers to a structure ____ the dermis.

A) below
B) around
C) within
D) above

Question 35

What is the singular of larynges?

A) Larynx
B) Larynge
C) Larynis
D) Laryna

Question 36

Which is spelled correctly?

A) Gastrotomy
B) Gastroectomy
C) Gastrscopy
D) Gastroistis

Question 37

A patient with muscular dystrophy has ____ of the muscles.

A) abnormal development
B) an incision
C) a visual examination
D) a new development

Question 38

The plural of diagnosis is

A) diagnoses.
B) diagnosi.
C) diagnosises.
D) diagnosae.

Question 39

The rule for the order of joining word roots at the beginning of a term is

A) put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels, regardless of whether the initial letter is a consonant or a vowel.
B) put them in alphabetic order and add combining vowels only if the initial letter is a vowel.
C) put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining vowels between each word root, regardless of whether the initial letter starts with a consonant or a vowel.
D) put them in order of the directionality of the body system and add combining vowels between the word roots only if the initial letter is a consonant.

Question 40

Most medical terms are from which two languages?

A) Spanish, English
B) English, Latin
C) English, Greek
D) Greek, Latin

Question 41

A patient scheduled for a gastrectomy was having part or all of his stomach

A) viewed.
B) cut.
C) cut out.
D) enlarged.

Question 42

The study and treatment of the eye is

A) ophthalmology.
B) oncology.
C) otology.
D) odontology.

Question 43

Which of the following suffixes indicates a procedure?

A) -megaly
B) -rrhea
C) -tripsy
D) -itis

Question 44

Which of the following means below or under?

A) Dys-
B) Hypo-
C) Trans-
D) Post-

Question 45

The basketball player was back for yet another procedure to view his knee joint. He was there for an

A) arthrotomy.
B) arthroscopy.
C) arthrotome.
D) arthroscope.

Question 46

What type of diagnosis begins abruptly and severely?

A) Sign
B) Symptom
C) Acute
D) Chronic

Question 47

Which of the following is misspelled?

A) Hematology
B) Opthalmology
C) Otorhinolaryngology
D) Neurology

Question 48

An antibacterial agent _____ bacteria.

A) produces
B) is against
C) surrounds
D) is without

Question 49

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a procedure for _____ organs.

A) removing
B) viewing
C) joining
D) incising

Question 50

Intra- has a similar meaning to

A) infra-.
B) inter-.
C) peri-.
D) endo-.

Question 51

A patient with an enteropathy has a(n) ____ of the intestines.

A) disease
B) surgical repair
C) suture
D) enlargement

Question 52

A patient scheduled for a procedure for viewing the interior of a body cavity is having a(n)

A) endoscopy.
B) biopsy.
C) pathology.
D) CABG.

Question 53

A patient is treated for kidney stones with a machine called a lithotripter. Its function is to ____ stones.

A) crush
B) incise
C) view
D) record

Question 54

Which of the following is an acronym?

A) IM
B) C2
C) ng
D) TURP

Question 55

The patient reports that her breathing difficulties of the last few years have been getting progressively worse. After testing, her disease is diagnosed as one that she will most likely have for the next several years. Her disease is considered to be

A) acute.
B) chronic.
C) therapeutic.
D) CABG.

Question 56

A patient reports, "I can't sleep, my throat is sore, my muscles ache, and my fever is 102.4 °F Which is considered a sign?

A) Sleeplessness
B) Sore throat
C) Muscle aches
D) 102.4 ° F fever

Question 57

Which of the following disorders is an inflammation?

A) Cardiomegaly
B) Enteritis
C) Ophthalmology
D) Gastralgia

Question 58

The plural of pleura is

A) pleurae.
B) pleuri.
C) pleurus.
D) pleures.

Question 59

The o in the term thermometer is a

A) prefix.
B) word root.
C) combining form.
D) combining vowel.

Question 60

The opposite of hyper- is

A) anti-.
B) hypo-.
C) epi-.
D) pre-.

Question 61

A child has otorrhea. Knowing that -rrhea means a discharge, you know that he has a

A) discharge from his eye.
B) discharge from his nose.
C) discharge from his ear.
D) tumor of his eye.

Question 62

A patient whose muscles have atrophied shows _____ muscle development.

A) excessive
B) abnormal
C) a lack of
D) painful

Question 63

A patient with arthritis has an inflammation of his

A) joints.
B) ear.
C) throat.
D) voice box.

Question 64

An intraaortic balloon pump is placed ____ the aorta.

A) within
B) outside
C) surrounding
D) below

Question 65

Epi-, endo-, and pre- are examples of

A) prefixes.
B) word roots.
C) combining forms.
D) suffixes.

Question 66

A patient with a heart disorder would most likely be treated by a(n)

A) hematologist.
B) geriatrician.
C) anesthesiologist.
D) cardiologist.

Question 67

The branch of medicine that deals with treatment of the mind is

A) geriatrics.
B) psychiatry.
C) immunology.
D) anesthesiology.

Question 68

The singular of bacteria is

A) bacterius.
B) bacterus.
C) bacterium.
D) bacteri.

Question 69

The plural of psychotherapy is

A) pyschotherapies.
B) psychotherapys.
C) psychotherapyes.
D) psychotherapies.

Question 70

The study of a newborn baby is

A) obstetrics.
B) neonatology.
C) fetology.
D) gynecology.