Test Bank practice test 1

Question 1

The prefixdiplo-meansthree.

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

Which word refers totransplantation of healthy tissue from one part of the body to another part of the body in the same person?

Answer 2

AUTO/GRAFT

Question 3

What is the term for the layer of loose connective tissue that lies beneath the dermis?

Answer 3

SUBCUTANEOUS

Question 4

The prefixhypo-means:

Answer 4

BELOW

Question 5

What is a dermatome?

Answer 5

INSTRUMENT TO CUT SKIN

Question 6

Match the medical terms with their definitions.softening of cartilage

Answer 6

CHONDROMALACIA

Question 7

Which word is paired with its correct definition? eukemia: decrease in white blood cells; onychoma: hernia of nail bed; petechia: minute hemorrhagic spot of skin; sclerosis: softening; vulgaris: rare

Answer 7

petechia: minute hemorrhagic spot of skin

Question 8

A chronic skin disease, usually marked by itchy, scaly, red patches covered by silvery gray scales, is known as:

Answer 8

PSORIASIS

Question 9

Match the medical terms with their definitions.Abnormally large cell (usually erythrocyte)

Answer 9

MACROCYTE

Question 10

Which pairs are synonyms? diaphoresis—sudoresis; adipectomy—adenectomy; adenoma—onychoma; xeroderma—scleroderma; leukemia—leukocytopenia

Answer 10

diaphoresis—sudoresis

Question 11

The contagious skin disease transmitted by the itch mite is:

Answer 11

SCABIES

Question 12

Match the medical terms with their definitions.fear of blood

Answer 12

HEMOPHOBIA

Question 13

Which term is a noun? Cutaneous; acoustic; hypodermic; pulmonary; rectum

Answer 13

RECTUM

Question 14

What is the plural form of bacterium?

Answer 14

BACTERIA

Question 15

Arthr/o/centesis is a surgical puncture of a joint. In this word,arthr/ois a:

Answer 15

COMBINING FORM

Question 16

Match the medical terms with their definitions.Separation, destruction, or loosening of a blood clot

Answer 16

THROMBOLYSIS

Question 17

Which element is always located at the beginning of a medical word?

Answer 17

PREFIX

Question 18

A person diagnosed with trichopathy has a disease of the:

Answer 18

HAIR

Question 19

Use gastr/o (stomach) to build a word that meanstumor of the stomach.

Answer 19

GASTROMA

Question 20

What is the term that meanswithout a breast?

Answer 20

AMASTIA

Question 21

Use cephal/o (head) to build a word that meanstoward the head.

Answer 21

CEPHALED

Question 22

Match the medical terms with their definitions.Without feeling

Answer 22

ANESTHESIA

Question 23

Match the medical terms with their definitions.Under the skin

Answer 23

HYPODERMIC

Question 24

What is the meaning ofgastr/o?

Answer 24

STOMACH

Question 25

Match the word elements with their meanings.bad, painful, difficult

Answer 25

DYS-

Question 26

The medical term forred blood cellsis:

Answer 26

ERYTHROCYTES

Question 27

Which term is an adjective? Cardiac; bile; lung; tooth; kidney

Answer 27

cardiac

Question 28

Which term meansyellow skin?

Answer 28

xanthoderma

Question 29

Use radi/o (radiation, x-ray, radius) to build a word that meansprocess of recording an x-ray.

Answer 29

RADIOGRAPHY

Question 30

Theiin the term pelv/i/metry is called a:

Answer 30

COMBINING VOWEL

Question 31

Match the medical terms with their definitions.inflammation of the stomach

Answer 31

GASTRITIS

Question 32

The prefixhomo-means:

Answer 32

SAME

Question 33

Which term meansfirst pregnancy?

Answer 33

PRIMIGRAVIDA

Question 34

A diagnosis of scleroderma means the skin is:

Answer 34

HARDENED

Question 35

The term proximal refers tofarthest from the point of attachment.

Answer 35

FALSE