Deck 3: Legal Issues

Question 1

The prefix ultra- means:

A) single
B) scanty
C) beyond
D) backward

Answer 1

beyond

Question 2

When building a medical term, which part of the word do you identify first?

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

Answer 2

suffix

Question 3

The prefix dia- means:

A) through
B) against
C) inferior
D) in front of

Answer 3

through

Question 4

The combining form gastr/o means:

A) mouth
B) colon
C) nerve
D) stomach

Question 5

Which suffix means "disease"?

A) -oma
B) -phasia
C) -trophic
D) -pathy

Question 6

The _____ is the component that goes at the beginning of a word and modifies its meaning.

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

Question 7

The prefix intra- means:

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

Question 8

When changing a singular word with the ending of -nx to a plural word you would change it to:

A) -es
B) -nges
C) -ices
D) -ix

Question 9

Which suffix means "discharge"?

A) -rraphy
B) -rrhea
C) -rrhagia
D) -rrhaphy

Question 10

Suffixes do not commonly indicate a:

A) location
B) procedure
C) condition
D) disease

Question 11

Which suffix means "breath" or "breathing"?

A) -phrenia
B) -rrhexis
C) -pnea
D) -plegia

Question 12

The prefix ante- means:

A) with
B) without
C) after
D) before

Question 13

The suffix -stomy means:

A) opening
B) formation
C) surgical repair
D) abnormal

Question 14

The suffix -dynia means:

A) before
B) after
C) pertaining to
D) pain

Question 15

The combining form colp/o means:

A) breast
B) ovary
C) vagina
D) tube

Question 16

When dissecting a medical term, you should identify the word parts in which order (first to last)?

A) suffix, prefix, word root or combining form
B) prefix, word root or combining form, suffix
C) prefix, suffix, word root or combining form
D) word root or combining form, prefix, suffix

Question 17

The combining form cyan/o means:

A) blue
B) cell
C) mental illness
D) white

Question 18

The majority of medical terms have either _____ foundations.

A) French or Spanish
B) Latin or Greek
C) Gaelic or Roman
D) Russian or Arabic

Question 19

The prefix iso- means:

A) large
B) same
C) insufficient
D) outside

Question 20

When changing a singular word with the ending of -a to a plural word, you change it to:

A) -as
B) -ices
C) -ae
D) -aes

Question 21

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Abnormally fast

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 22

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Killing, destroying

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 23

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Two

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 24

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Four

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 25

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Condition, abnormal condition

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 26

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Excessive

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 27

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Below

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 28

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Large

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 29

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Stretching, dilating

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 30

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Swelling, fluid accumulation

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 31

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Pertaining to, condition (of)

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 32

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Enzyme

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 33

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Around

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 34

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Upon, over

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 35

Match each prefix with its meaning.
Within

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 36

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Baby, immature

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 37

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Producing

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 38

Match each suffix with its meaning.
To secrete

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast

Question 39

Match each prefix with its meaning.
All

A)endo-
B)poly-
C)bi-
D)megalo-
E)tachy-
F)quadra-
G)sub-
H)circum-
I)pan-
J)epi-

Question 40

Match each suffix with its meaning.
Toward

A)-ory
B)-cidal
C)-crine
D)-ase
E)-ectasis
F)-ad
G)-edema
H)-iasis
I)-gen
J)-blast