1. Alzheimers disease is an example of an

Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals 1st Edition Niedzwiecki Test Bank

Chapter 01: Medical Terminology Basics

Niedzwiecki: Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 1st Edition

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• Alzheimer’s disease is an example of a(n)
• prefix.
• word root.
• eponym.
• decodable term.

ANS: C

Eponyms are terms that are named after a person or a place. Alzheimer’s disease is named after the neurologist who first discovered the plaques and tangles in the brain associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

REF: p. 3 OBJ: 1 TOP: Terminology: Medical Word Definitions MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 |CAAHEP: V.C.10 | ABHES: 3.a

• Arthr/o is an example of a
• prefix.
• word root.
• suffix.
• combining form.

ANS: D

Arthr/o is an example of a combining form when used as part of a medical term.

REF: p. 3 | Table 1.2 OBJ: 2 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.b

• In the term hypodermic, the prefix is
• hypo.
• derm.
• dermo.
• ic.

ANS: A

To use a prefix with a term, simply add the prefix directly to the beginning of the term. The prefix of hypodermic would be hypo.

REF: p. 9 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.b 1 / 4

• In the term neonatology, the suffix is
• neo.
• nat.
• nato.
• logy.

ANS: D

The suffix for the term neonatology would be logy. A suffix occurs at the end of a word, and when used as a combining form, it can indicate the study of a particular body system.

REF: p. 9 | Table 1.10 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.b

• A word root for “bone” is
• osis.
• oste.
• ophthalm.
• opsy.

ANS: B

Oste/o is the word root for bone.

REF: p. 12 | Table 1.14 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations |

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MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.b

• The word component that refers to the stomach is
• gastr/o.
• col/o.
• enter/o.
• path/o.

ANS: A

Gastr/o is the word component that refers to the stomach.

REF: p. 12 | Table 1.14 OBJ: 2 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.b

• The prefix anti- means
• before.
• after, behind.
• near.
• against.

ANS: D

The prefix anti- means against. 2 / 4

REF: p. 10 | Table 1.11 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a | ABHES: 3.b

• If a patient is being treated for hypothermia, he/she has abnormally
• high body temperature.
• low body temperature.
• high blood pressure.
• low blood pressure.

ANS: B

The prefix “hypo-” means “under”; therefore, the term hypothermia would mean “low body temperature.”

REF: p. 9 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a | ABHES: 3.b

• A patient who has a prenatal visit sees her practitioner
• after the birth of her child.
• before the birth of her child.
• the time surrounding the birth of her child.
• at the time of delivery.

ANS: B

A prenatal visit pertains to medical care received before the birth of a child.

REF: p. 11 | Table 1.11 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a

• A patient has a surgical procedure described as an arthrotomy. You know that the joint
• was incised.
• was removed.
• had a new opening made.
• was visually examined.

ANS: A

The therapeutic intervention suffix tomy is used to describe an “incision or cutting” and arthr/o means “joint”; therefore, arthrotomy would indicate that the joint was incised.

REF: p. 8 | Table 1.8 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix | Terminology: Specialty/Surgical/Procedures MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a 3 / 4

• 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

• electrocardioscope.
• electrocardiogram.
• electrocardiograph.
• electrocardiography.

ANS: C

Electrocardiography is a diagnostic procedure that is done to measure the electrical activity in the heart and is done by using an instrument called an electrocardiograph.

REF: p. 8 | Table 1.9 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a

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

Which one is it?

• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• Colostomy
• Tonsillectomy
• Ostetomy

ANS: D

The term osteotomy refers to an incision into the bone. If two or more combining forms are used in a term, the combining vowel is retained between the two, regardless of whether the second combining form b T e E g S in T s B w A ith N a K v S o E w L el L o E r R a .co C n O so M nant.REF: p. 8 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a

• Neurology is a discipline that would most likely treat patients with disorders of the
• nerves.
• teeth.
• stomach.
• joints.

ANS: A

Neur/o means “related to nerves” and logy means “the study of”; therefore, neurology means “the study of nerves.”

REF: p. 12 | Table 1.14 OBJ: 3 TOP: Terminology: Structure of Medical Words | Terminology: Word Combinations | Terminology: Medical Word Definitions | Terminology: Root/Prefix/Suffix MSC: CAAHEP: V.C.9 | ABHES: 3.a | ABHES: 3.b

• An instrument used to cut bone is an
• osteotome.
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