Deck 1: Basic Word Structure

Question 1

A combining form is the:

A) word ending
B) root plus combining vowel
C) prefix
D) prefix plus combining vowel
E) root plus suffix

Answer 1

root plus combining vowel

Question 2

A red blood cell is a(n):

A) platelet
B) thrombocyte
C) erythrocyte
D) leukocyte
E) resection

Answer 2

erythrocyte

Question 3

Ren/o and nephr/o both mean:

A) heart
B) liver
C) blood
D) kidney
E) intestine

Answer 3

kidney

Question 4

Which term relates to the brain?

A) anemia
B) cerebral
C) rhinitis
D) thrombosis
E) gastrotomy

Question 5

Prediction about the outcome of treatment is called:

A) prognosis
B) psychosis
C) diagnosis
D) biopsy
E) pathology

Question 6

A cerebrovascular accident (CVA),commonly known as a stroke,can be caused by:

A) gastritis
B) osteitis
C) adenosis
D) dermatitis
E) thrombosis

Question 7

A cancerous condition of white blood cells with high numbers of immature cells is:

A) leukemia
B) anemia
C) adenosis
D) leukocytosis
E) osteoma

Question 8

Visual examination of the urinary bladder is called:

A) cystoscopy
B) cytology
C) cystogram
D) nephroscopy
E) cystoscope

Question 9

An instrument to visually examine the urinary bladder is called a(n):

A) cystoscopy
B) cystoscope
C) gastroscope
D) arthroscopy
E) excision

Question 10

A suffix meaning "inflammation" is:

A) -itis
B) -osis
C) -ac
D) -al
E) -tomy

Question 11

An excessive (more than normal)amount of sugar in the blood is called:

A) hypothyroidism
B) hyperthyroidism
C) hyperglycemia
D) hypoglycemia
E) hypodermic

Question 12

A cancerous tumor is a(n):

A) hematoma
B) adenoma
C) oncology
D) gastralgia
E) carcinoma

Question 13

A tumor of a gland is called:

A) arthrosis
B) arthroscope
C) adenoma
D) nephroma
E) hepatitis

Question 14

Glands that secrete hormones are _____ glands.

A) enteral
B) endocrine
C) exocrine
D) adenoma
E) neural

Question 15

The combining form meaning "joint" is:

A) aden/o
B) -itis
C) -algia
D) arthr/o
E) oste/o

Question 16

A gastrectomy is a(n):

A) gastric resection
B) gastroscopy
C) visual examination of the abdomen
D) incision of the stomach
E) incision of a gland

Question 17

A suffix meaning "study of" is:

A) -pathy
B) -logy
C) -gram
D) -scopy
E) -osis

Question 18

A large incision in the abdominal wall is called:

A) laparoscopy
B) rhinotomy
C) laparotomy
D) gastrotomy
E) gastroscopy

Question 19

A word part meaning "under," "deficient," or "less than normal" is:

A) re-
B) hyper-
C) trans-
D) -emia
E) hypo-

Question 20

Nerve pain is called:

A) neural
B) arthralgia
C) cephalgia
D) neueralgia
E) neuralgia

Question 21

The combining form nephr/o means :

A) heart
B) gland
C) stomach
D) kidney
E) urinary bladder

Question 22

The combining form rhin/o means :

A) nose
B) knowledge
C) cell
D) tumor
E) flesh

Question 23

The combining form oste/o means :

A) bone
B) brain
C) joint
D) electricity
E) stomach

Question 24

The combining form arthr/o means :

A) cancerous
B) head
C) joint
D) intestines
E) blood

Question 25

Inflammation of the small intestine is called:

A) osteitis
B) hepatitis
C) rhinitis
D) adenitis
E) enteritis

Question 26

The combining form hemat/o means :

A) liver
B) white
C) blood
D) kidney
E) red

Question 27

The combining form for "eye" is:

A) cephal/o
B) cerebr/o
C) ophthalm/o
D) path/o
E) psych/o

Question 28

The combining form lapar/o means :

A) intestines
B) stomach
C) abdomen
D) kidney
E) liver

Question 29

The combining form glyc/o means :

A) knowledge
B) sugar
C) woman
D) stomach
E) white

Question 30

A doctor who performs autopsies and examines biopsy samples is a(n):

A) oncologist
B) gynecologist
C) hematologist
D) endocrinologist
E) pathologist

Question 31

A blood protein found in red blood cells is:

A) sarcoma
B) hemoglobin
C) hematoma
D) erythrocyte
E) hepatoma

Question 32

A record of the electricity in the brain is a(n):

A) arthrogram
B) electrocardiogram
C) resection
D) electroencephalogram
E) nephrectomy

Question 33

The combining form for "liver" is:

A) hem/o
B) hemat/o
C) cyst/o
D) enter/o
E) hepat/o

Question 34

The combining form for "urinary bladder" is:

A) cyt/o
B) cyst/o
C) cerebr/o
D) cephal/o
E) nephr/o

Question 35

The combining form cephal/o means :

A) joint
B) head
C) life
D) cell
E) knowledge

Question 36

The combining form cyt/o means :

A) urinary bladder
B) platelet
C) gland
D) cell
E) red

Question 37

The combining form aden/o means :

A) joint
B) head
C) cerebrum
D) intestines
E) gland

Question 38

A malignant (cancerous)tumor of flesh tissue is:

A) carcinoma
B) sarcoma
C) neuroma
D) hepatoma
E) nephroma

Question 39

The combining form thromb/o means :

A) cell
B) clotting
C) flesh
D) mind
E) disease

Question 40

The combining form for "nerve" is:

A) encephal/o
B) electr/o
C) erythr/o
D) neur/o
E) nephr/o

Question 41

The combining form for "small intestine" is:

A) enter/o
B) lapar/o
C) gastr/o
D) cyst/o
E) encephal/o

Question 42

The suffix -osis means :

A) to view
B) abnormal condition
C) pain
D) record
E) cell

Question 43

The combining form for "mind" is:

A) path/o
B) onc/o
C) psych/o
D) sarc/o
E) cephal/o

Question 44

The suffix -globin means :

A) protein
B) cell
C) pain
D) tumor
E) record

Question 45

The suffix -logy means :

A) pertaining to
B) condition
C) to view
D) study of
E) state of

Question 46

The suffix -tomy means :

A) process of visual examination
B) process of cutting into
C) instrument to visually examine
D) abnormal condition
E) cell

Question 47

The combining form for "stomach" is:

A) enter/o
B) lapar/o
C) gastr/o
D) gynec/o
E) ren/o

Question 48

The suffix -scope means :

A) process of visual examination
B) abnormal condition
C) blood condition
D) inflammation
E) instrument for visual examination

Question 49

The suffix -scopy means :

A) instrument to visually examine
B) process of cutting into
C) state of
D) process of visual examination
E) abnormal condition

Question 50

The combining form for "disease" is:

A) sarc/o
B) thromb/o
C) electr/o
D) gnos/o
E) path/o

Question 51

The combining form for "woman" or "female" is:

A) gynec/o
B) oste/o
C) sarc/o
D) ren/o
E) thromb/o

Question 52

The combining form for "white" is:

A) erythr/o
B) gnos/o
C) cyt/o
D) leuk/o
E) onc/o

Question 53

The combining form for "heart" is:

A) aden/o
B) cephal/o
C) thromb/o
D) cardi/o
E) electr/o

Question 54

The combining form for "red" is:

A) erythr/o
B) leuk/o
C) cyt/o
D) onc/o
E) gnos/o

Question 55

The suffix -emia means :

A) state of
B) process of visual examination
C) incision
D) abnormal condition
E) blood condition

Question 56

The suffix -oma means :

A) study of
B) abnormal condition
C) pain
D) blood condition
E) tumor, mass

Question 57

The suffix -itis means :

A) record
B) pertaining to
C) inflammation
D) study of
E) to view

Question 58

The suffix -algia means :

A) record
B) pain
C) tumor
D) cell
E) condition

Question 59

The prefix hyper- means :

A) excessive, more than normal
B) below, less than normal
C) within
D) outside
E) behind

Question 60

The suffix -ectomy means :

A) removal, cutting out, excision
B) inflammation
C) protein
D) condition
E) pertaining to

Question 61

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
cyst/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 62

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
bi/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 63

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
erythr/o

A)intestines (usually small intestine)
B)blood
C)stomach
D)brain
E)liver
F)abdomen
G)red
H)electricity
I)knowledge
J)woman, female

Question 64

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
dermat/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 65

The prefix hypo- means :

A) excessive, more than normal
B) behind
C) below, less than normal
D) before
E) within

Question 66

The prefix sub- means :

A) above
B) before
C) across, through
D) below, under
E) within

Question 67

The prefix trans- means :

A) within
B) under, below
C) behind
D) before
E) across, through

Question 68

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
cardi/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 69

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
cephal/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 70

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
enter/o

A)intestines (usually small intestine)
B)blood
C)stomach
D)brain
E)liver
F)abdomen
G)red
H)electricity
I)knowledge
J)woman, female

Question 71

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
cyt/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 72

The prefix endo- means :

A) outside
B) complete, through
C) in, within
D) no, not
E) bad, painful

Question 73

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
aden/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 74

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
encephal/o

A)intestines (usually small intestine)
B)blood
C)stomach
D)brain
E)liver
F)abdomen
G)red
H)electricity
I)knowledge
J)woman, female

Question 75

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
carcin/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 76

The prefix pro- means :

A) back
B) before, forward
C) below, under
D) across, through
E) outside

Question 77

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
arthr/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life

Question 78

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
gastr/o

A)intestines (usually small intestine)
B)blood
C)stomach
D)brain
E)liver
F)abdomen
G)red
H)electricity
I)knowledge
J)woman, female

Question 79

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
electr/o

A)intestines (usually small intestine)
B)blood
C)stomach
D)brain
E)liver
F)abdomen
G)red
H)electricity
I)knowledge
J)woman, female

Question 80

Select the correct definition for each of the combining forms.
cerebr/o

A)head
B)urinary bladder
C)heart
D)joint
E)skin
F)gland
G)cell
H)brain (largest part)
I)cancerous
J)life