Quick and Easy Medical Terminology 8th Edition Leonard Test Bank
Chapter 02: Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
Leonard: Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Suture of a blood vessel is called:
- angiectomy
- angioplasty
- angiorrhaphy
- angiotomy
ANS: C REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
2. Surgical puncture of the thin membrane that surrounds the fetus is called:
- adenectomy
- amniocentesis
- angiorrhexis
- glycolysis
ANS: B REF: p. 29 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
3. Pain along the course of a nerve is called:
- neuralgia
- neurocele
- neuroplasty
- neurosis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
- Protrusion of all or part of an organ through the wall of a cavity that contains it is called:
- a hernia
- dilatation
- edema
- emesis
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
5. A term that means stretching of a structure is:
- dilatation
- ptosis
- prolapse
- spasm
ANS: A REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
- The presence of abnormally large amounts of fluid in the tissues that results in swelling is
called:
- dilatation
- edema
- emesis
- ptosis 1 / 4
ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
7. Excessive preoccupation with fire is termed:
- hydrophobia
- kleptomania
- paranoia
- pyromania
ANS: D REF: p. 44 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
8. Carcinoma is:
- an abnormal fear of something
- another term for cancer
- any disease of a body structure
- excessive preoccupation with illness
ANS: B REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
9. Prolapse means:
- cramping
- discharge
- sagging
- rupture
ANS: C REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
10. A word that is also a suffix that means stopping or controlling is:
- edema
- mania
- ptosis
- stasis
ANS: D REF: p. 37 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
11. Surgical repair of the eye is:
- ophthalmalgia
- ophthalmological
- ophthalmoplasty
- ophthalmorrhagia
ANS: C REF: p. 34 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
12. A surgical procedure to increase the size of the breasts is:
- augmentation mammoplasty
- mammography
- mastitis
- reduction mammoplasty
ANS: A REF: p. 33 TOP: Combining Forms for Body Structures
13. Partial or total excision of a nerve is called:
- neurectomy 2 / 4
- neurology
- neuroplasty
- neurosis
ANS: A REF: p. 32 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
- A surgical procedure in which the colon is sutured to the abdominal wall is:
- colonoscopy
- colopexy
- coloscopy
- colostomy
ANS: B REF: pp. 32, 33 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
15. A term that means vomiting is:
- amnion
- emesis
- endocrine
- forensic
ANS: B REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
- The branch of medicine concerned with the administration of drugs or agents that produce
loss of feeling is:
- anesthesiologist
- anesthesiology
- immunologist
- immunology
ANS: B REF: p. 26 TOP: Specialists and Specialties
17. The physician who specializes in intestinal and gastric disorders is a:
- gastroenterologist
- gastroenterology
- gerontologist
- gerontology
ANS: A REF: p. 24 TOP: Specialists and Specialties
- The medical specialty that is devoted to treating diseases of the female reproductive organs,
including the breasts, is:
- gerontology
- gynecology
- pathology
- urology
ANS: B REF: p. 24 TOP: Specialists and Specialties
19. A term that means uniting a wound by stitches is:
- excision
- incision
- surgical puncture
- suture 3 / 4
ANS: D REF: pp. 29, 33 TOP: Surgical Suffixes
20. A term that means the opposite of malignant is:
- benign
- cancerous
- obstetric
- ptosis
ANS: A REF: p. 23 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Terms
21. Inflammation of the eye is called:
- ophthalmalgia
- ophthalmitis
- ophthalmopathy
- ophthalmorrhexis
ANS: B REF: p. 39 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
22. Herniation of the brain through an opening in the skull is called:
- craniectomy
- craniotomy
- encephalocele
- encephalopathy
ANS: C REF: p. 36 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
23. The term cardiologist means:
- a heart specialist
- any disease of the heart
- inflammation of the heart muscle
- study of the heart and its associated diseases
ANS: A REF: p. 20 TOP: Specialists and Specialties
24. Rupture of the eyeball is termed:
- ophthalmocentesis
- ophthalmorrhexis
- otorrhexis
- otorrhea
ANS: B REF: p. 39 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
25. Cramping of the hand is:
- chirosis
- cholestasis
- chirospasm
- colostomy
ANS: C REF: pp. 31, 40 TOP: Symptoms and Diagnostic Suffixes
- Which of the following terms means dilation of a blood or lymph vessel?
- angioplasty
- / 4