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Quiz: Basic Word Str

Quiz: Basic Word Structure

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1. The combining form in the term nephritis is _____. nephr/o
2. Which of the following word parts means the same thing as nephr? ren
3. The prefix in the term retrogastric is _____. retro-
4. Which of the following represents the correct division of the medical term subgastric into its component parts? sub- + gastr/o + -ic
5. The part that provides a term's essential meaning is known as the _____. root
6. The term leukocytosis in Mrs. R’s medical report is a condition of an increase in the presence of ___. white blood cells
7. The combining vowel connects the root to the _____ or to another root. suffix
8. A _____ is attached to the beginning of a word root to modify its meaning. prefix
9. Using word parts, you could decode this term—“pericardium”—from Ms. K’s medical report to mean: fibrous tissue surrounding the heart
10. Most often the combining vowel is the letter _____. o
11. The combining vowel is usually dropped when the suffix begins with _____. a vowel
12. The medical term arthritis is built from which word parts? arthr/o + -itis
13. Mr. J has nerve pain, identified in his medical report as ___. neuralgia
14. The prefix retro- means: behind
15. The word root hepat/ means: liver
16. The combining form cephal/o means head. A person with cephalalgia has: pain in the head
17. In the terms subgastric and subglossal, the suffixes mean _____. pertaining to
18. A patient who has an inflammation of the joints has: arthritis
19. In the term electrocardiogram, the suffix is _____, which means _____. –gram, record
20. Gastroenterology means _____. the study of the stomach and intestines
21. The correct division into the component parts of arthrogram, which is a record of a joint, is _____. arthr/o + -gram
22. The word that means study of the mind is psychology because _____. psych/o means mind and -logy means study of
23. The term that means incision into the bone is _____. osteotomy
24. What of the following statements about sub- and hypo- is true? Both terms can mean under or below, but they can't be used interchangeably.
25. Enter/o means _____. intestines
26. The difference between -emia and pro- is _____. -emia means blood condition; pro- means before, forward
27. The suffix -algia means _____. pain
28. The prefix in the term retrohepatic is _____. retro-
29. The component parts of the term ophthalmalgia, meaning pain in the eye, are _____. ophthalm/o + -algia
30. Mr. H’s diagnostic report gives results of a procedure called laparoscopy, which is the ___. use of a viewing instrument inserted into the abdomen
 



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