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HIM4610 – Medical Terminology

Unit 2 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly

Pertaining to produced by treatment:

Answers:

a. iatrogenic

b. iatragenic

c. itarogenic

Question 2

Choose the accented syllable in the term (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).

Cystoscopy:

Answers:

a. cys

b. tos

c. co

d. py

Question 3

Select the meaning for the prefix.

hyper-:

Answers:

a. deficient; below; under; less than normal

b. surrounding; around

c. excessive; above; more than normal

Question 4

Removal of a gland:

Answers:

a. Gastrotomy

b. Gastric

c. Hepatic resection

d. Nephric section

e. Adenectomy

Question 5

Abnormal condition of the kidney:

Answers:

a. Neurologic

b. Neuralgia

c. Nephrotomy

d. Neural

e. Nephrosis

Question 6

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Lying on the back:

Answers:

a. surpine

b. supin

c. supine

Question 7

Choose the accented syllable in the term (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).

Thoracotomy:

Answers:

a. thor

b. a

c. cot

d. om

e. y

Question 8

Choose the accented syllable in the term (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).

Cranial:

Answers:

a. cra

b. ni

c. al

Question 9

Select the meaning for the combining form.

sacr/o:

Answers:

a. flesh

b. nipple

c. sacrum

Question 10

Select the meaning for the prefix.

inter-:

Answers:

a. between

b. above

c. below

HIM4610 – Medical Terminology

Unit 3 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. dysentery

b. dysentary

Question 2

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. cholitis

b. colitis

Question 3

Spelling

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. pancreatitis

b. pancreasitis

Question 4

Select the spelling of the defined term:

Failure of muscles in the lower esophagus to relax:

Answers:

a. achalsia

b. achalasia

c. acalasia

Question 5

Select the spelling of the defined term:

Salivary gland near the ear:

Answers:

a. perotid gland

b. parrotid gland

c. parotid gland

Question 6

Select the spelling of the defined term:

Chronic intestinal inflammation:

Answers:

a. Chron disease

b. Chrohn disease

c. Crohn disease

Question 7

Ring of muscles:

Answers:

a. Uvula

b. Rugae

c. Papillae

d. Myoma

e. Sphincter

Question 8

Stomat/o means:

Answers:

a. Roof of the mouth

b. Mouth

c. Cheek

d. Stomach

e. Tongue

Question 9

Abnormal side pockets in a hollow organ, such as the intestine:

Answers:

a. Caries

b. Ulcers

c. Dysentery

d. Diverticula

e. Ascites

Question 10

White plaques on the mucosa of the mouth:

Answers:

a. Herpetic stomatitis

b. Aphthous stomatitis

c. Oral leukoplakia

d. Rectocele

e. Melena

Unit 4 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. creatinine

b. cretatinine

Question 2

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. abcess

b. abscess

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. meatis

b. meatus

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. nitrogenous

b. nitrogenius

Question 5

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Inability to hold urine in bladder:

Answers:

a. incontenence

b. incontinence

c. incontinance

Question 6

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Hardening of vessels in the kidney:

Answers:

a. nephroscherosis

b. nephrosclerosis

c. neferosclerosis

Question 7

Lithotripsy:

Answers:

a. Renal transplant

b. Use of shock waves to crush urinary tract stones

c. Radioscopic study

d. Panendoscopy

e. Foley catheterization

Question 8

Childhood renal carcinoma:

Answers:

a. Hypernephroma

b. Polycystic kidney

c. Glomerulonephritis

d. Wilms tumor

e. Phenylketonuria

Question 9

Alkaline:

Answers:

a. Acidic

b. pH

c. Basic

d. Acetone

e. Water

Question 10

Use of an artificial kidney machine:

Answers:

a. Renal biopsy

b. Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

c. Lithotripsy

d. Hemodialysis

e. Renal transplantation

Unit 5 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Contraction phase of the heartbeat:

Answers:

a. systole

b. sistolle

c. sistole

Question 2

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Bluish coloration of the skin:

Answers:

a. cianosis

b. cyanosis

c. cyianosis

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Incision of a vein:

Answers:

a. phlebotomy

b. phebotomy

c. phliebotomy

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Abnormal rapid heart rhythm:

Answers:

a. fibrilation

b. filbrilation

c. fibrillation

Question 5

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Relaxation phase of the heartbeat:

Answers:

a. diastole

b. diostole

c. dieastole

Question 6

Holter monitoring is:

Answers:

a. An electroencephalographic (EEG) test

b. A stress test

c. Part of a chest computed tomography (CT) scan

d. An electrocardiogram (ECG) taken during daily activity

e. Part of a cardiac catheterization procedure

Question 7

Incision of a vein:

Answers:

a. Phebotomy

b. Phlebitis

c. Phlebotomy

d. Vasoconstriction

e. Ventriculotomy

Question 8

The cause of essential hypertension is:

Answers:

a. Some secondary factor

b. Pyelonephritis

c. Glomerulonephritis

d. Adrenal cortex adenoma

e. Idiopathic

Question 9

Disease of heart muscle:

Answers:

a. Cardiomegaly

b. Endocarditis

c. Arteriolitis

d. Cardiomyopathy

e. Aortic stenosis

Question 10

Blood clot forms in a large lower limb vessel:

Answers:

a. Aortic stenosis

b. Mitral valve prolapse

c. Deep vein thrombosis

d. Hypercholesterolemia

e. Acute coronary syndrome

Unit 6 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly:

b. lymphocytopenia

Answers:

a. lymphocytopenis

b. lymphocytopenia

Question 2

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. anaphylaxis

b. anaphilaxis

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. alergy

b. allergy

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Formation of lymph:

Answers:

a. lymphopoesis

b. lymphopoiesis

c. lymphopeosis

Question 5

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Proteins that stimulate the growth of T cells:

Answers:

a. interleukins

b. interleukens

c. interluekins

Question 6

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Collection of fluid in tissues:

Answers:

a. lymphaedmea

b. lypmhfedema

c. lymphedema

Question 7

Lymphocytes contained in the thymus gland that act on antigens:

Answers:

a. B cells

b. T cells

c. macrophages

Question 8

Fungal infection associated with AIDS, involving brain and meninges, lungs, and skin:

Answers:

a. Kaposi sarcoma

b. Herpes simplex

c. Cryptococcosis

d. Toxoplasmosis

e. Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia

Question 9

Major lung infection with fever, cough, chest pain, and sputum; treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Septra, Bactrim):

Answers:

a. Kaposi sarcoma

b. Herpes simplex

c. Cryptococcus

d. Toxoplasmosis

e. Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia

Question 10

Viral infection causing blisters on skin of lips, nose, or genitals:

Answers:

a. Kaposi sarcoma

b. Herpes simplex

c. Cryptococcus

d. Toxoplasmosis

e. Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia

Unit 7 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. corticosteroid

b. cortikosteroid

Question 2

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. uthyroid

b. euthyroid

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled ly:

Answers:

a. estrogen

b. estrogin

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Hormone secreted by the islet cells of Langerhans:

Answers:

a. insalin

b. insulin

c. insulen

Question 5

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Excessive thirst:

Answers:

a. polydipsea

b. pollydipsia

c. polydipsia

Question 6 Select the term that is spelled ly.

Part of the brain that controls the secretions of the pituitary gland:

a. hypothalmus

Answers:

a. hypothalmus

b. hypothalmis

c. hypothalamus

Question 7

A thyroid scan consists of:

Answers:

a. A CT image of the thyroid gland

b. Radioimmunoassay of thyroxine in the bloodstream

c. Ultrasound imaging of the neck

d. Skull x-ray imaging of the brain

e. Administration of radioactive compound and visualization with a scanner to detect tumors or nodules

Question 8

Characteristic of acromegaly:

Answers:

a. Enlargement of extremities

b. Defective cartilage formation that affects bone growth

c. Tumor of the sella turcica

d. Abnormal formation of cartilage in an adult

e. Hyperfunctioning of pituitary gland

Question 9

Natr/o is the combining form for:

Answers:

a. Sugar

b. Milk

c. Sodium

d. Iodine

e. Potassium

Question 10

Enlargement of the thyroid gland:

Answers:

a. Hypergonadism

b. Euthyroid

c. Goiter

d. Hypophyseal enlargement

e. Tetany

Unit 8 Quiz

Question 1

Pharmacokinetics is BEST described as:

Answers:

a. A type of ionizing radiation

b. Study of the distribution and removal of drugs in the body

c. A method of giving x-ray treatment

d. Use of drugs to increase the sensitivity of tumors to x-rays

e. Abnormal growth of cells

Question 2

Agent or device used in radiation therapy for tumors:

Answers:

a. Steroid

b. Antibiotic

c. Antimetabolite

d. Linear accelerator

e. Plant alkaloid

Question 3

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Condition of being diseased:

Answers:

a. morbitity

b. morbidity

c. morbitidy

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Densely packed tumors:

Answers:

a. scirrhous

b. skirrus

c. scirrhus

Question 5

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Return of disease symptoms:

Answers:

a. relaspe

b. relapse

c. relapze

Question 6

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Replication of cells:

Answers:

a. miteosis

b. mitosis

c. meiosis

Question 7

Inflammation of the inner lining of an organ:

Answers:

a. Alopecia

b. Myelosuppression

c. Mucositis

d. Fibrosis

e. Erythema

Question 8

Abnormal growth of connective tissue, often a side effect of radiation therapy to the lungs:

Answers:

a. Alopecia

b. Myelosuppression

c. Mucositis

d. Fibrosis

e. Erythema

Question 9

Description of a fungating tumor:

Answers:

a. Open, exposed surface on the tumor

b. Containing dead tissue

c. Characterized by inflammation

d. Large, soft, flesh tumor

e. Mushrooming pattern of growth as tumor cells pile on top of each other

Question 10

Growths with sessile and pedunculated types:

Answers:

a. Polypoid

b. Cystic

c. Medullary

d. Verrucous

e. Necro

Unit 9 Quiz

Question 1

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Pertaining to the cerebrum:

Answers:

a. cerebrol

b. serebral

c. cerebral

Question 2

Select the meaning for the prefix.

peri-:

Answers:

a. before; forward

b. surrounding; around

c. across; through

Question 3

Disease of the intestines:

Answers:

a. entrapathy

b. interopathy

c. enteropathy

Question 4

Select the term that is spelled ly.

Internal organs:

Answers:

a. viscera

b. vicsera

c. vissera

Question 5

Choose the accented syllable in the term (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis = no, endocrine = en).

Proximal:

Answers:

a. prox

b. i

c. mal

Question 6

Select the meaning for the combining form.

inguin/o:

Answers:

a. pelvis

b. groin

c. sacrum

Question 7

Select the medical term to complete the sentence.

The left lung lies __________ to the heart.

Answers:

a. proximal

b. lateral

c. superior

Question 8

Select the medical term to complete the sentence.

The left lung lies __________ to the heart.

Answers:

a. proximal

b. lateral

c. superior

Question 9

Surgical creation of a permanent opening to the outside of the body:

Answers:

a. -stomy

b. -tomy

c. -ectomy

d. Section

e. Resection

Question 10

Select the meaning for the suffix.

-centesis:

Answers:

a. formation

b. softening

c. surgical puncture to remove fluid