Medical Terminology Word Roots Quiz
Precise word roots, combining forms, combining vowels, and safe term decoding methods form the bedrock of accurate clinical language comprehension.
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List of Questions30 questions
- Question 1
- Suffix
- Combining vowel
- Prefix
- Word root
- Question 2
- cardia
- cardius
- cardi
- cardio
- Question 3
- Prefix
- Combining form
- Word root
- Suffix
- Question 4
- Prefix
- Suffix
- Word root
- Combining vowel
- Question 5
- True
- False
- Question 6
- True
- False
- Question 7
- A word root is the foundational word part that provides the basic meaning of a medical term.
- Question 8
- It links a word root to a suffix or another root and makes the term easier to pronounce.
- Question 9
- o
- Question 10
- Question 11
- A word root is always at the end, whereas a combining form is always at the beginning.
- A word root changes meaning, whereas a combining form names a condition.
- A word root is a suffix, whereas a combining form is a prefix.
- A word root gives the basic meaning, whereas a combining form adds a vowel to that root.
- Question 12
- o
- Question 13
- True
- False
- Question 14
- Kimberly Ernstmeyer and Patricia Miller
- Kimberly Ernstmeyer and Elizabeth Christman
- Elizabeth Christman and Kimberly Johnson
- Elizabeth Ernstmeyer and Kimberly Christman
- Question 15
- Literature and language studies
- Medicine and healthcare: general issues and topics
- Physical sciences and engineering
- Education policy and administration
- Question 16
- Foundational Concepts - Identifying Word Parts
- Medical Language Related to the Whole Body
- Integumentary System Terminology
- Respiratory System Terminology
- Question 17
- Chapter 4
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 5
- Question 18
- Obstetrics Terminology
- Lymphatic & Immune Systems Terminology
- Blood Terminology
- Female Reproductive System Terminology
- Question 19
- nephr/o
- cyst/o
- hepat/o
- ureter/o
- Question 20
- It is retained between the root and suffix.
- It is moved to the end of the suffix.
- It is omitted before the suffix.
- It is replaced by a prefix.
- Question 21
- It is changed to a.
- It is doubled.
- It is omitted.
- It is placed before the root.
- Question 22
- True
- False
- Question 23
- True
- False
- Question 24
- oste/o
- Question 25
- Usually omit the combining vowel before a suffix that begins with a vowel.
- Question 26
- o
- Question 27
- o
- Question 28
- Question 29
- Question 30
- gastr plus -ectomy, with the suffix shortened
- gastr plus -itis, with the combining vowel omitted
- gastr/o plus -itis, with the combining vowel retained
- gastr/o plus -osis, with the suffix changed
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