Deck 1: Basic Word Structure

Question 1

Cancerous tumor:

A) Hematoma
B) Adenoma
C) Carcinoma
D) Carcinogenic
E) Neurotomy

Answer 1

Carcinoma

Question 2

Hepatoma:

A) Incision of the kidney
B) Tumor of the liver
C) Blood mass
D) Inflammation of the liver
E) Red blood cell

Answer 2

Tumor of the liver

Question 3

Pain in a joint:

A) Ostealgia
B) Arthritis
C) Osteoarthritis
D) Arthroalgia
E) Arthralgia

Answer 3

Arthralgia

Question 4

Electroencephalogram:

A) Record of electricity in the brain
B) Record of electricity in the heart
C) X-ray of the brain
D) Record of sound waves in the brain
E) X-ray of the heart and brain

Question 5

Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells:

A) Anemia
B) Erythrocytosis
C) Thrombocytosis
D) Leukemia
E) Leukocytosis

Question 6

Diagnosis:

A) Made after the prognosis
B) A guess as to the patient's condition
C) A prediction of the course of treatment
D) Made on the basis of complete knowledge about the patient's condition
E) A treatment of the patient

Question 7

Osteitis:

A) Incision of a bone
B) Removal of a bone
C) Incision of a joint
D) Inflammation of a joint
E) Inflammation of a bone

Question 8

Pertaining to the largest part of the brain:

A) Cerebral
B) Cephalic
C) Renal
D) Cardiac
E) Neural

Question 9

Instrument to view the eye:

A) Ophthalmoscopy
B) Opthalmoscope
C) Opthalmology
D) Ophthalmoscope
E) Opthalmoscopy

Question 10

A platelet:

A) Hematoma
B) Thrombosis
C) Leukocyte
D) Thrombocyte
E) Erythrocyte

Question 11

Increase in number of malignant white blood cells:

A) Leukocytosis
B) Leukemia
C) Erythremia
D) Thrombocytosis
E) Erythrocytosis

Question 12

Abnormal condition of the mind:

A) Physchosis
B) Psychosis
C) Psychogenic
D) Encephalopathy
E) Adenoma

Question 13

Microscopic examination of living tissue:

A) Incision
B) Pathology
C) Biopsy
D) Autopsy
E) Resection

Question 14

Gastrectomy:

A) Gastric resection
B) Intestinal incision
C) Tumor of the stomach
D) Incision of the stomach
E) Resection of the intestine

Question 15

Study of cells:

A) Pathology
B) Cytology
C) Cystology
D) Dermatology
E) Hematology

Question 16

Inflammation of the nose:

A) Arthrosis
B) Hepatitis
C) Nephritis
D) Dermatosis
E) Rhinitis

Question 17

Cystoscopy:

A) Study of cells
B) Visual examination of cells
C) Removal of a sac of fluid
D) Removal of the urinary bladder
E) Visual examination of the urinary bladder

Question 18

Removal of a gland:

A) Gastrotomy
B) Gastric
C) Hepatic resection
D) Nephric section
E) Adenectomy

Question 19

Iatrogenic:

A) Pertaining to produced by treatment
B) Produced by the mind
C) Cancer producing
D) Pertaining to producing a tumor
E) Cutting into a tumor

Question 20

Pathologist is one who:

A) Examines x-rays
B) Operates on the urinary tract
C) Performs autopsies and examines biopsies
D) Operates on the kidney
E) Treats diseases with chemicals

Question 21

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Pertaining to produced by treatment:

A) iatrogenic
B) iatragenic
C) itarogenic

Question 22

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
aden/o:

A) brain
B) gland
C) joint

Question 23

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Cancerous tumor:

A) carcinoma
B) carsinoma
C) karsinoma

Question 24

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Inflammation of the urinary bladder:

A) cytitis
B) cystitis
C) sistitis

Question 25

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Resection of a nerve:

A) neruotomy
B) neurectomy
C) neurotomy

Question 26

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Membrane surrounding the heart:

A) perycardium
B) pericardium
C) pericardum

Question 27

Pertaining to through the liver:

A) Subrenal
B) Transdermal
C) Transhepatic
D) Subhepatic
E) Hepatoma

Question 28

Abnormal condition of the kidney:

A) Neurologic
B) Neuralgia
C) Nephrotomy
D) Neural
E) Nephrosis

Question 29

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
cyst/o:

A) urinary bladder
B) cell
C) to secrete

Question 30

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
carcin/o:

A) cancer
B) to secrete
C) heart

Question 31

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Instrument to examine within:

A) endoscope
B) endoskope
C) endoscopy

Question 32

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Pertaining to the cerebrum:

A) cerebrol
B) serebral
C) cerebral

Question 33

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
encephal/o:

A) electricity
B) brain
C) cell

Question 34

Incision of a bone:

A) Sarcoma
B) Pathogenic
C) Osteotomy
D) Ostectomy
E) Endoscopy

Question 35

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
cyt/o:

A) cerebrum
B) urinary bladder
C) cell

Question 36

High level of sugar in the blood:

A) Hematoma
B) Hypodermic
C) Hypoglycemia
D) Hyperglycemia
E) Hypogastric

Question 37

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
arthr/o:

A) gland
B) red
C) joint

Question 38

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Disease of the intestines:

A) entrapathy
B) interopathy
C) enteropathy

Question 39

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
High blood sugar:

A) hypoglycemia
B) hyperglicemia
C) hyperglycemia

Question 40

Select the term that is spelled correctly.
Collection of blood:

A) hepatoma
B) hematoma
C) hepitoma

Question 41

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
dia-:

A) through; complete
B) self; own
C) behind

Question 42

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-logy:

A) process of study; study of
B) condition
C) protein

Question 43

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
hepat/o:

A) liver
B) blood
C) kidney

Question 44

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
hyper-:

A) deficient; below; under; less than normal
B) surrounding; around
C) excessive; above; more than normal

Question 45

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
peri-:

A) before; forward
B) surrounding; around
C) across; through

Question 46

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
hypo-:

A) surrounding; around
B) deficient; below; under; less than normal
C) excessive; above; more than normal

Question 47

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-scopy:

A) excision; removal
B) instrument to visually examine
C) process of visual examination

Question 48

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
epi-:

A) into; in
B) outside of; outward
C) above; upon

Question 49

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
ur/o:

A) disease
B) tumor
C) urine or urinary tract

Question 50

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-oma:

A) tumor; mass; swelling
B) condition
C) process of viewing

Question 51

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-gram:

A) protein
B) blood condition
C) record

Question 52

Select the correct meaning for the following prefixes.
trans-:

A) across; through
B) surrounding; around
C) before; forward

Question 53

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
cerebr/o:

A) cerebrum, largest part of the brain
B) head
C) cancer

Question 54

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-opsy:

A) instrument to visually examine
B) process of viewing
C) tumor; mass; swelling

Question 55

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
cephal/o:

A) intestines
B) head
C) cell

Question 56

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
ped/o:

A) bone
B) child
C) disease

Question 57

Select the correct meaning for the following suffixes.
-itis:

A) blood condition
B) inflammation
C) excision; removal

Question 58

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
enter/o:

A) flesh
B) stomach
C) intestine, usually small intestine

Question 59

Select the correct meaning for the following combining forms.
ren/o:

A) nose
B) kidney
C) liver

Question 60

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Heart:

A) carcin/o
B) cardi/o
C) crin/o

Question 61

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Pericarditis:

A) per
B) i
C) car
D) di
E) tis

Question 62

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) opthalmoscopy
B) ophthalmoscopy

Question 63

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Cytology:

A) cy
B) tol
C) o
D) gy

Question 64

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Ophthalmoscope:

A) oph
B) thal
C) mo
D) scope

Question 65

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) neuralgia
B) nueralgia

Question 66

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) pathogenic
B) pathojenic

Question 67

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Neuralgia:

A) neur
B) al
C) gi
D) a

Question 68

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Endocrinology:

A) endo
B) cri
C) nol
D) o
E) gy

Question 69

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Retrogastric:

A) re
B) tro
C) gas
D) tric

Question 70

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) erythrocyte
B) erthyrocyte

Question 71

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) thrombocyte
B) thrombocyt

Question 72

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Cystoscopy:

A) cys
B) tos
C) co
D) py

Question 73

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Flesh:

A) derm/o
B) rhin/o
C) sarc/o

Question 74

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Hepatoma:

A) hep
B) a
C) to
D) ma

Question 75

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Sugar:

A) gnos/o
B) leuk/o
C) glyc/o

Question 76

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Arthrotomy:

A) arth
B) ro
C) to
D) my

Question 77

Spelling
Select the term that is spelled correctly:

A) luekocyte
B) leukocyte

Question 78

Choose the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).
Gastrectomy:

A) gas
B) trec
C) to
D) my

Question 79

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
X-rays:

A) radi/o
B) path/o
C) onc/o

Question 80

Select the correct combining form for the following terms.
Skin:

A) derm/o
B) erythr/o
C) sarc/o