Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 9th Edition

Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 9th Edition Chapter 01: Basic Word Structure Test Bank 1. Gastrectomy: a. Gastric resection b. Intestinal incision c. Tumor of the stomach d. Incision of the stomach e. Resection of the intestine ANS: A 2. 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 ANS: E 3. 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 ANS: E 4. Hepatoma: a. Incision of the kidney b. Tumor of the liver c. Blood mass d. Inflammation of the liver e. Red blood cell ANS: B 5. Which of the following is not an endocrine gland? a. Thyroid gland b. Adrenal gland c. Ovary d. Mammary gland e. Pituitary gland ANS: D 6. 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 ANS: A 7. 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 ANS: A 8. 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 ANS: D 9. Cancerous tumor: a. Hematoma b. Adenoma c. Carcinoma d. Carcinogenic e. Neurotomy ANS: C 10. Microscopic examination of living tissue: a. Incision b. Pathology c. Biopsy d. Autopsy e. Resection ANS: C 11. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain: a. Cerebral b. Cephalic c. Renal d. Cardiac e. Neural ANS: A 12. Removal of a gland: a. Gastrotomy b. Gastric c. Hepatic resection d. Nephric section e. Adenectomy ANS: E 13. Decrease in numbers of red blood cells or hemoglobin within red blood cells: a. Anemia b. Erythrocytosis c. Thrombocytosis d. Leukemia e. Leukocytosis ANS: A 14. Pathologist is one who: a. Examines x-rays b. Operates on the urinary tract c. Performs autopsies and reads biopsies d. Operates on the kidney e. Treats diseases with chemicals ANS: C 15. Pain in a joint: a. Ostealgia b. Arthritis c. Osteoarthritis d. Arthroalgia e. Arthralgia ANS: E 16. Increase in numbers of malignant white blood cells: a. Leukocytosis b. Leukemia c. Erythremia d. Thrombocytosis e. Erythrocytosis ANS: B 17. Instrument to view the eye: a. Ophthalmoscopy b. Opthalmoscope c. Opthalmology d. Ophthalmoscope e. Opthalmoscopy ANS: D 18. A platelet: a. Hematoma b. Thrombosis c. Leukocyte d. Thrombocyte e. Erythrocyte ANS: D 19. Abnormal condition of the mind: a. Physchosis b. Psychosis c. Psychogenic d. Encephalopathy e. Adenoma ANS: B 20. Inflammation of the nose: a. Arthrosis b. Hepatitis c. Nephritis d. Dermatosis e. Rhinitis ANS: E 21. Study of cells: a. Pathology b. Cytology c. Cystology d. Dermatology e. Urology ANS: B 22. Pertaining to through the liver: a. Subrenal b. Transdermal c. Transhepatic d. Subhepatic e. Hepatoma ANS: C 23. Abnormal condition of the kidney: a. Neurologic b. Neuralgia c. Nephrotomy d. Neural e. Nephrosis ANS: E 24. Incision of a bone: a. Sarcoma b. Pathogenic c. Osteotomy d. Ostectomy e. Endoscopy ANS: C 25. High level of sugar in the blood: a. Hematoma b. Hypodermic c. Hypoglycemia d. Hyperglycemia e. Hypogastric ANS: D Select the term that is spelled correctly: 26. Resection of a nerve: a. neruotomy b. neurectomy c. neurotomy ANS: B 27. Pertaining to produced by treatment: a. iatrogenic b. iatragenic c. itarogenic ANS: A 28. Pertaining to the brain: a. cerebrol b. serebral c. cerebral ANS: C 29. Cancerous tumor: a. carcinoma b. carsinoma c. karsinoma ANS: A 30. Collection of blood: a. hepatoma b. hematoma c. hepitoma ANS: B 31. High blood sugar: a. hypoglycemia b. hyperglicemia c. hyperglycemia ANS: C 32. Membrane surrounding the heart: a. perycardium b. pericardium c. pericardum ANS: B 33. Instrument to examine within: a. endoscope b. endoskope c. endoscopy ANS: A 34. Disease of the intestines: a. entrapathy b. interopathy c. enteropathy ANS: C 35. Inflammation of the urinary bladder: a. cytitis b. cystitis c. sistitis ANS: B WORD PARTS/TERMINOLOGY Select the correct meaning for each of the following combining forms: 36. arthr/o: a. gland b. red c. joint ANS: C 37. cyst/o: a. urinary bladder b. cell c. to secrete ANS: A 38. encephal/o: a. electricity b. brain c. cell ANS: B 39. aden/o: a. brain b. gland c. joint ANS: B 40. cyt/o: a. cerebrum b. urinary bladder c. cell ANS: C 41. carcin/o: a. cancer b. to secrete c. heart ANS: A 42. cephal/o: a. intestines b. head c. cell ANS: B 43. cerebr/o: a. cerebrum, largest part of the brain b. head c. cancer ANS: A 44. enter/o: a. flesh b. stomach c. intestine, usually small intestine ANS: C 45. hepat/o: a. liver b. blood c. kidney ANS: A 46. ped/o: a. bone b. child c. disease ANS: B 47. ren/o: a. nose b. kidney c. liver ANS: B 48. ur/o: a. disease b. tumor c. urine or urinary tract ANS: C Select the correct meaning for each of the following suffixes: 49. -gram: a. protein b. blood condition c. record ANS: C 50. -itis: a. blood condition b. inflammation c. excision; removal ANS: B 51. -opsy: a. instrument to visually examine b. process of viewing c. tumor; mass; swelling ANS: B 52. -oma: a. tumor; mass; swelling b. condition c. process of viewing ANS: A 53. -scopy: a. excision; removal b. instrument to visually examine c. process of visual examination ANS: C 54. -logy: a. process of study; study of b. condition c. protein ANS: A Select the correct meaning for each of the following prefixes: 55. hyper-: a. deficient; below; under; less than normal b. surrounding; around c. excessive; above; more than normal ANS: C 56. peri-: a. before; forward b. surrounding; around c. across; through ANS: B 57. epi-: a. into; in b. outside of; outward c. above; upon ANS: C 58. trans-: a. across; through b. surrounding; around c. before; forward ANS: A 59. hypo-: a. surrounding; around b. deficient; below; under; less than normal c. excessive; above; more than normal ANS: B 60. dia-: a. through; complete b. self; own c. behind ANS: A Select the correct combining form for each of the following terms: 61. Heart: a. carcin/o b. cardi/o c. crin/o ANS: B 62. Skin: a. derm/o b. erythr/o c. sarc/o ANS: A 63. Sugar: a. gnos/o b. leuk/o c. glyc/o ANS: C 64. X-rays: a. radi/o b. path/o c. onc/o ANS: A 65. Flesh: a. derm/o b. rhin/o c. sarc/o ANS: C Match the terms with the correct combining forms: a. psych/o g. onc/o b. ophthalm/o h. sarc/o c. path/o i. thromb/o d. ren/o j. ur/o e. rhin/o k. oste/o f. radi/o l. sect/o 66. Kidney 67. Disease 68. Eye 69. Nose 70. Flesh 71. Bone 72. Mind 73. Tumor 74. Clotting 75. Urinary tract 76. X-rays 77. To cut 66. ANS: D 67. ANS: C 68. ANS: B 69. ANS: E 70. ANS: H 71. ANS: K 72. ANS: A 73. ANS: G 74. ANS: I 75. ANS: J 76. ANS: F 77. ANS: L Match the terms with the correct definitions: a. adenopathy k. leukemia b. arthralgia l. leukocytosis c. biopsy m. nephrectomy d. carcinogenic n. neuralgia e. cystoscopy o. oncologist f. erythrocyte p. ophthalmoscope g. gastrotomy q. osteitis h. hematoma r. pathologist i. hyperglycemia s. prognosis j. iatrogenic t. thrombocyte 78. Pain of nerves 79. Inflammation of bone 80. Prediction about the outcome of treatment 81. Microscopic examination of living tissue 82. Blood cell that carries oxygen 83. Physician who specializes in drug treatment of cancerous tumors 84. Disease of a gland 85. Resection of a kidney 86. A platelet 87. Process of visual examination of the urinary bladder 88. Pertaining to an abnormal condition produced by a treatment 89. Incision of the stomach 90. Pertaining to producing cancer 91. An instrument to visually examine the eye 92. High blood sugar: diabetes mellitus 93. A physician who examines dead bodies to determine the cause of death 94. Pain of a joint 95. Mass or collection of blood 96. Slight increase in numbers of white blood cells as response to infection 97. Increase in abnormal, immature white blood cells; a malignant condition 78. ANS: N 79. ANS: Q 80. ANS: S 81. ANS: C 82. ANS: F 83. ANS: O 84. ANS: A 85. ANS: M 86. ANS: T 87. ANS: E 88. ANS: J 89. ANS: G 90. ANS: D 91. ANS: P 92. ANS: I 93. ANS: R 94. ANS: B 95. ANS: H 96. ANS: L 97. ANS: K Match the meanings with their correct terms: a. Low levels of blood sugar b. Treatment of the mind c. Study of tumors d. Excision of the stomach e. Pertaining to producing cancer f. Abnormal condition (slight increase) of white blood cells g. Brain disease h. Abnormal condition of the skin i. Cancerous condition of white blood cells j. Pertaining to produced by treatment 98. encephalopathy 99. carcinogenic 100. oncology 101. dermatosis 102. psychiatry 103. leukemia 104. hypoglycemia 105. iatrogenic 106. gastric resection 107. leukocytosis 98. ANS: G 99. ANS: E 100. ANS: C 101. ANS: H 102. ANS: B 103. ANS: I 104. ANS: A 105. ANS: J 106. ANS: D 107. ANS: F PRONUNCIATION Give the accented syllable in the following terms (For example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en): 108. arthrotomy: a. arth b. ro c. to d. my ANS: B 109. cystoscopy: a. cys b. tos c. co d. py ANS: B 110. gastrectomy: a. gas b. trec c. to d. my ANS: B 111. endocrinology: a. endo b. cri c. nol d. o e. gy ANS: C 112. neuralgia: a. neur b. al c. gi d. a ANS: B 113. pericarditis: a. per b. i c. car d. di e. tis ANS: D 114. ophthalmoscope: a. oph b. thal c. mo d. scope ANS: B 115. hepatoma: a. hep b. a c. to d. ma ANS: C 116. retrogastric: a. re b. tro c. gas d. tric ANS: C 117. cytology: a. cy b. tol c. o d. gy ANS: B SPELLING Select the term that is spelled correctly: 118. a. luekocyte b. leukocyte ANS: B 119. a. neuralgia b. nueralgia ANS: A 120. a. erythrocyte b. erthyrocyte ANS: A 121. a. opthalmoscopy b. ophthalmoscopy ANS: B 122. a. pathogenic b. pathojenic ANS: A 123. a. thrombocyte b. thrombocyt ANS: A 124. a. sacroma b. sarcoma ANS: B 125. a. psychology b. physcology ANS: A 126. a. biospy b. biopsy ANS: B 127. a. gynocology b. gynecology ANS: B Give meanings for the following combining forms: 128. arthr/o: __________ ANS: joint 129. cyst/o: __________ ANS: urinary bladder 130. encephal/o: __________ ANS: brain 131. aden/o: __________ ANS: gland 132. cyt/o: __________ ANS: cell 133. carcin/o: __________ ANS: cancer 134. cephal/o: __________ ANS: head 135. cerebr/o: __________ ANS: cerebrum largest part of the brain 136. cyt/o: __________ ANS: cell 137. encephal/o: __________ ANS: brain 138. enter/o: __________ ANS: intestine small intestine 139. hepat/o: __________ ANS: liver 140. ped/o: __________ ANS: child 141. ren/o: __________ ANS: kidney 142. ur/o: __________ ANS: urine urinary tract 143. cis/o: __________ ANS: to cut Give meanings for the following suffixes: 144. -gram: __________ ANS: record 145. -itis: __________ ANS: inflammation 146. -opsy: __________ ANS: to view 147. -oma: __________ ANS: tumor 148. -scopy: __________ ANS: process of visual examination 149. -logy: __________ ANS: study of Complete the medical terms from their meanings: 150. mass of blood: __________oma ANS: hemat 151. white blood cell: __________cyte ANS: leuko 152. pain of nerves: neur__________ ANS: algia 153. red blood cell: __________cyte ANS: erythro Give the meanings for the following prefixes: 154. hyper-: __________ ANS: excessive above 155. peri-: __________ ANS: surrounding 156. epi-: __________ ANS: above 157. trans-: __________ ANS: across through 158. hypo-: __________ ANS: below deficient 159. dia-: __________ ANS: through complete Complete the following medical terms: 160. Prediction about the outcome of a disease; “before knowledge”: pro__________ ANS: gnosis 161. Inflammation of the kidney: __________itis ANS: nephr 162. Pertaining to producing disease: patho__________ ANS: genic 163. Study of women and female reproductive diseases: __________ology ANS: gynec 164. Record of electricity in the brain: electro__________ ANS: encephalogram 165. Abnormal condition of clotting cells: thrombocyt__________ ANS: osis 166. Examination of living tissue under a microscope: bi__________ ANS: opsy 167. Pertaining to the largest part of the brain: __________al ANS: cerebr 168. Tumor of a gland (benign): __________oma ANS: aden 169. Inflammation of bone and joint: __________arthritis ANS: osteo Give the combining forms for the following terms: 170. heart: __________ ANS: cardi/o 171. skin: __________ ANS: derm/o dermat/o 172. sugar: __________ ANS: glyc/o 173. woman, female: __________ ANS: gynec/o 174. x-rays: __________ ANS: radi/o 175. mind: __________ ANS: psych/o 176. nose: __________ ANS: rhin/o 177. flesh: __________ ANS: sarc/o Give meanings for the following suffixes and prefixes: 178. hypo-: __________ ANS: deficient below under less than normal 179. dia-: __________ ANS: through complete 180. -scopy: __________ ANS: process of visually examining 181. -gram: __________ ANS: record 182. -globin: __________ ANS: protein 183. trans-: __________ ANS: across through 184. sub-: __________ ANS: below under 185. retro-: __________ ANS: behind 186. epi-: __________ ANS: above upon 187. end-, endo-: __________ ANS: within Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning: 188. a. luekocyte b. leukocyte a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: b, white blood cell 189. a. neuralgia b. nueralgia a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: a, pain of nerves 190. a. erythrocyte b. erthyrocyte a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: a, red blood cell 191. a. opthalmoscopy b. ophthalmoscopy a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: b, visual examination of the eye 192. a. pathogenic b. pathojenic a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: a, pertaining to producing disease 193. a. thrombocyte b. thrombocyt a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: a, clotting cell (platelet) 194. a. sacroma b. sarcoma a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: b, tumor of fleshy tissue (malignant) 195. a. psychology b. physcology a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: a, study of the mind 196. a. biospy b. biopsy a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: b, view (microscopic) of living tissue 197. a. gynocology b. gynecology a or b: ____ meaning: __________ ANS: b, study of female diseases Using slashes, divide the following terms into parts and give the meanings of the terms (For example: adenoma = aden/oma, tumor of glandular tissue): 198. cerebral: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ ANS: cerebr/al, pertaining to the cerebrum cerebr/al, largest part of the brain 199. electrocardiogram: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ ANS: electrocardio/gram, record of the electricity in the heart 200. dermatitis: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ ANS: dermat/itis, inflammation of the skin 201. cephalic: word parts: __________ meaning: __________ ANS: cephal/ic, pertaining to the head Give the suffix in each term and the meaning of the entire term: 202. nephrectomy: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: ectomy, removal of the kidney 203. osteotomy: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: tomy, incision of a bone 204. oncology: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: logy, study of tumors (cancerous) 205. renal: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: al, pertaining to the kidney 206. psychosis: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: osis, abnormal condition of the mind 207. carcinogenic: suffix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: genic, pertaining to producing cancer Give the prefix of each term and the meaning of the entire term: 208. subhepatic: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: sub, pertaining to below the liver 209. hyperglycemia: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: hyper, excessive blood sugar 210. pericardium: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: peri, membrane surrounding the heart 211. prognosis: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: pro, prediction about the outcome of treatment 212. resection: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: re, process of cutting back (removal) 213. hypodermic: prefix: _____ meaning: __________ ANS: hypo, pertaining to under the skin