Chapter 1

Question 1

All medical terms have?

Answer 1

A suffix

Question 2

Which element appears at the beginning of a medial term?

Answer 2

Prefix. It is the element that appears at the beginning of a medical term

Question 3

What is a root in medical terminology?

Answer 3

The foundation of the term

Question 4

What is suffix in medical terminology?

Answer 4

Word ending

Question 5

What is prefix?

Answer 5

Word beginning

Question 6

What is combining vowel?

Answer 6

Vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root another root and aids pronunciation

Question 7

What is combining form in medical terminology?

Answer 7

Combination of the root and the combining vowel

Question 8

Match with a specialist:

Heart attack

Answer 8

Cardiologist

Question 9

Match with a specialist:

Ovarian cysts

Answer 9

Gynecologists

Question 10

Match with a specialist:

Bipolar (maniac-depressive) disorder

Answer 10

Psychiatrist

Question 11

Match with a specialist:

Breast adenocarcinoma

Answer 11

Oncologist

Question 12

Match with a specialist:

Iron deficiency anemia

Answer 12

Hematologist

Question 13

Match with a specialist:

Retinopathy

Answer 13

Ophthalmologist

Question 14

Match with a specialist:

Cerebrovascular accident (stroke)

Answer 14

Neurologist

Question 15

Match with a specialist:

Renal Failure

Answer 15

Nephrologist

Question 16

Match with a specialist:

Inflammatory bowel disease

Answer 16

Gastroenterologist

Question 17

Match with a specialist:

Prostatic adenocarcinoma

Answer 17

Urologist

Question 18

What does iatrogenic mean?

Answer 18

Adverse effects or relating to illness that is resulted from treatment or intervention by a physician.

Question 19

What does prodrome, or prodromal mean?

Answer 19

An early symptom indicating the onset of an attack or a disease. Early signs of developing condition or disease.