LO 1

Question 0

T or F: The word root is the foundation of a word

Answer 0

True

Question 1

Medical Terminology is derived from two languages. What are they?

Answer 1

Greek and Latin

Question 2

A suffix indicates what?

Answer 2

Indicates a procedure or condition

Question 3

A prefix indicates what?

Answer 3

Size, time, and position

Question 4

Define:
Hemi- = ?
-ectomy= ?
Hyper- = ?
-itis = ?

Answer 4

Hemi- = half
-ectomy = removal 
Hyper- = excessive, above
-itis = inflammation

Question 5

Word root + ______ = ______

Answer 5

Word root + combining vowel (in brackets) = combining form

Question 6

A root word plus the. Combining vowel is referred to as the ______

Answer 6

Combining form

Question 7

T or F: A prefix is the word ending

Answer 7

False

Question 8

T or F: A suffix is the word beginning

Answer 8

False

Question 10

What are the 3 rules of word construction?

Answer 10

#1) Before a suffix beginning with a vowel, the combining vowel is dropped
#2) Before a suffix beginning with a consonant, the combining vowel is retained 
#3) Between two word roots, the combining vowel is retained
***see p.5 for examples***

Question 11

What are the 3 rules for word analysis?

Answer 11

#1) using slash marks, divide the word into its components
#2) Write the meaning of the component part below it or above it
#3) To define the word, begin with the suffix then the beginning word

Question 12

For words ending with is, _____

Answer 12

Drop the is (singular) and add es (plural)

- testis and testes

Question 13

For words ending with um, _______

Answer 13

Drop the um (singular) and add a (plural)

- ovum and ova

Question 14

For words ending with us, _______

Answer 14

Drop the us (singular) and add i (plural)

- bronchus and bronchi

Question 15

For words ending with a, _______

Answer 15

Retain the a (singular) and add e (plural)

- vertebra and vertebrae

Question 16

For words ending in ix and ex, _____

Answer 16

Drop the ix or ex (singular) and add ices (plural)

• apex and apices
• appendix or appendices

Question 17

For words ending with on, ____

Answer 17

Drop the on (singular) and add a (plural)

- ganglion and ganglia

Question 18

For words ending with ax, _____

Answer 18

Drop the x (singular) and add ces (plural)

- thorax and thoraces

Question 19

For the words ending with Oma,_____

Answer 19

Drop the Oma (singular) and add omata

- myxomatosis and myomata

Question 20

For words ending with y, ____

Answer 20

Drop the y (singular) and add ies (plural)

- biopsy and biopsies

Question 21

A word root plus the combining vowel is referred to as the ______

Answer 21

Combining form

Question 22

Between two word roots, the combining vowel is ______

Answer 22

Retained

Question 23

Before a suffix beginning with a ____, the combining vowel is retained

Answer 23

Consonant

Question 24

Before a suffix beginning with a vowel, the combining vowel is ____

Answer 24

Dropped

Question 25

T or F: the word axillae is being used in the singular form

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T or F: The word testis is being used in the singular form

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Ch is sometimes pronounced like

Answer 27

k

- chronic, cholecystitis

Question 28

Ps is pronounced like

Answer 28

S

- psychiatry, pseudocyesis

Question 29

pn/gn/kn is pronounced like

Answer 29

N

- pneumonia, gnath, knee

Question 30

Pt is pronounced like

Answer 30

T

- pterygium, ptomaine

Question 31

C is pronounced s before

Answer 31

E, i, y

- cytoplasm

Question 32

G is pronounced j before

Answer 32

E, i, y

• generic
• *gynecology is an exception

Question 33

C and g have a hard sound ____

Answer 33

Before other letters

- cardiac, gastric

Question 34

Ae and oe are pronounced

Answer 34

E when contained within a word

- paediatrics, foetal

Question 35

Ae is pronounced

Answer 35

A when found at the end of a word

- fossae, vertebrae

Question 36

I at the end of a word to form a plural is pronounced

Answer 36

Eye

- glomeruli, alveoli

Question 37

E and es at the end of a word are often pronounced

Answer 37

As separate syllables like e, a

- syncope, nares, indices

Question 38

Ph is pronounced like

Answer 38

F

- physiotherapy, physician

Question 39

Rh so pronounced like

Answer 39

Rhu

- rheumatism

Question 41

What are the 5 types of component combinations?

Answer 41

1) A combining form + suffix
2) A prefix + suffix
3) A prefix + combining form + suffix
4) Two or more combining forms + a suffix
5) Two or more combing forms
* ** see page 3 for examples***