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QUESTION:
Choose the correct answer from the following:

1. What is the correct meaning for "angio"?

a. Mouth
b. Water
c. Lung
d. Vessel

2. What is the prefix for "above normal"?

a. Poly
b. Hypo
c. Hyper
d. Mega

3. What is the prefix for "below"?

a. Trans
b. Semi
c. Hypo
d. Post

4. The suffix "ectomy" refers to?

a. Condition
b. Excision
c. Paralysis
d. Growth

5. "Skin" is the meaning of what root word?

a. Derm
b. Oro
c. My(o)
d. Cyan(o)
6. A prefix is:

a. Found in all medical terms

b. The last part of the word
 c. The middle of the word
d. Found at the beginning and modifies the root
7. What is the suffix for "inflammation"?

a. tomy
b. itis
c. scope
d. osis

8. What is the correct meaning to the suffix "osis"?

a. Movement
b. Paralysis
c. Pain
d. Condition

9. What is the correct meaning for the suffix "tomy"?

a. Incision
b. Observe
c. Surgical Removal
d. Movement

10. What is the prefix for "across"?

a. Through
b. Trans
c. Patent
d. Breathing

11. What is the meaning for the prefix "mega"?

a. Small
b. Tiny
c. Slow
d. Large

12. The prefix "poly" refers to:

a. Half
b. Above Normal
c. Many
d. Against
13. Which of the following best defines a suffix?
a. Found in all medical terms
b. Found at the beginning of the root
c. Always found in the middle of the word
d. Found at the end of the root

14. Inflammation of the liver is known as

a. Jaundice
b. Hepatitis
c. Cholelithiasis
d. Gastritis

15. The surgical creation of new opening of the colon to the outside the body
is called:
a. Colitis
b. colesystectomy
c. colectomy
d. Colostomy

16. Hepatomegally means:

a. Infection of the liver
b. Resection of the liver
c. Enlargement of the liver
d. Visual examination of the liver

17. The sac that stores bile is:

a. Gallbladder
b. Liver
c. Pancrease
d. Rectum

18. The blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart is called
a. Arteries
b. Veins
c. nerve
d. Venules

19. Disease of the heart muscle is called

a. Carditis
b. Phlebotomy
c. Cardiomyopathy
d. Arteriosclerosis
20. Angioplasty is:
a. Surgical opening in a vein
b. Surgical repair in a vein
c. Inflammation in a vein
d. None of the above is correct

21. Abnormal heart beats is called:

a. Angina
b. Shock
c. Aneurysm
d. Arrhythmia

22. What does the prefix "hypo-" mean?

a. Large
b. Abnormal
c. Above Normal
d. Below Normal

23. What does the suffix "-edema" mean?

a. Swelling
b. Blood
c. Condition
d. Cell

24. What does neuritis mean?

a. Inflammation of the spinal cord
b. Paralysis
c. Inflammation of the nerves
d. Bruising of the brain

25. What does thrombectomy mean?

a. Surgical removal of the thyroid
b. Surgical removal of a lung
c. Surgical removal of an artery or vein
d. Surgical removal of a blood clot

26. What does the suffix "-pathy" mean?

a. Blood
b. Pain
c. Formation
d. Disease
27. A benign tumor of a muscle is a ……………………….
a. myoma
b. myosarcoma
c. uremia
d. hematuria

28. What is the root word for Female Reproductive organs?

a. GYN
b. GNY
c. YNG
d. NYG

29. A physician who specializes in diagnosis of heart diseases is called a

……………………
a. hematologist
b. serologist
c. pathologist
d. cardiologist

30. A recording of the electrical activity of the heart is termed

……………………
a. echocardiogram
b. cardiac scan
c. electrocardiogram
d. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

31. Which of the following cells gives the red color to the blood?
a. leucocytes
b. erythrocytes
c. melanocytes
d. cenocytes

32. Inflammation of veins is termed ……………………

a. lymphangitis
b. hemangioma
c. phlebitis
d. arteritis

33. The combining form "cephal/o" refers to which of the following?

a. Abdomen
 b. Head
c. Leg
d. Ribs

34. Which of the following physicians specializes in treating patients

with diseases of the liver?
a. Hematologist
b. Hepatologist
c. Nephrologist
d. Oncologist

35. Which of the following branches of medicine specializes in the study

of the musculoskeletal system?
a. Gynecology
b. Nephrology
c. Orthopedics
d. Pediatrics

36. A patient with encephalitis is most likely to be treated by which of

the following specialists?
a. Endocrinologist
b. Hematologist
c. Neurologist
d. Oncologist

37. Pathology means:

a. the study of the human brain
b. the study of bones
c. the study of blood
d. the study of diseases

38. The lungs, nose, and trachea are part of which organ system?
a. digestive
b. respiratory
c. muscular
d. circulatory

39. The kidneys and urethra are part of which organ system?
a. skeletal
b. digestive
c. urinary
 d. reproductive

40. Which system supports and protects the body while giving it shape
and form?
a. skeletal
b. reproductive
c. circulatory
d. nervous

41. Which sequence lists the levels of organization in the human body
from simplest to most complex?
a. Organ system – Tissues – Cells - Organs
b. Tissues – Cells – Organs - Organ systems
c. Organs - Organ systems – Tissues - Cells
d. Cells – Tissues – Organs - Organ systems

42. Which system is the heart in?

a. circulatory
b. respiratory
c. digestive
d. excretory

43. Which system is the stomach in?

a. respiratory
b. digestive
c. excretory
d. circulatory

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