MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY QUIZ ANS
WERS
The answers for the Medical Terminology quiz are highlighted.
1.
What is the correct meaning for "angio"?
a. Mou
th
b. Water
c. Lung
d. Vessel
2.
What is the root word for "slow"?
a. Cya
n(o)
b. Gastro
c. Brady
d. Tachy
3.
What is the prefix for "above normal"?
a. Poly
b
. Hypo
c. Hyper
d. Mega
4.
What is the prefix for "below"?
a. Tran
s
b. Semi
c. Hypo
d. Post
5.
What is the correct suffix for "movement"?
a. Pnea
b
. Osis
c. Algia
d. Taxis
6. The suffix "ectomy" refers to?
a. Condition
b. Incision
c. Paralysis
d. Growth
7.
"Febri" refers to
a. Mo
uth
b. Fever
c. Stomach
d. Blue
8.
"Skin" is the meaning of what root word?
a. Derm
b. Oro
c. My(o)
d. Cyan(o)
9.
A "blue" discoloration of the skin
a. Cil
ium
b. Effusion
c. Edema
d. Cyanosis
10. A prefix is;
a. Fo
und 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
11. What is the suffix for "inflammation"?
a. T
omy
b.
Itis
c. Scop
e
d. Osis
12. Which suffix best describes "breathing"?
a. Ta
xis
b. Trophy
c. Pnea
d. Ectomy
13.
What is the correct meaning to the suffix "osis"?
a.
Movement
b. Paralysis
c. Pain
d. Condition
14.
What is the correct meaning for the suffix "tomy"?
a. I
ncision
b. Observe
c. Surgical Removal
d. Movement
15.
What is the root word for Female Reproductive organs?
a. GYN
b. GNY
c. YNG
d. NYG
16.
"Tachy" is refers to;
a. Slow
b. M
edium
c. Air
d. Fast
17.
What is the prefix for "across"?
a. Through
b. Trans
c. Patent
d. Breathing
18.
What is the meaning for the prefix "mega"?
a. Small
b
. Tiny
c. Slow
d. Large
19.
The prefix "poly" refers to;
a. Half
b. Above Normal
c. Many
d. Against
20.
Which of the following best defines a suffix?
a. Fou
nd in all medical terms
b.
c. Always found in the middle of the word
d.
Found at the end the root
Found at the beginning of the root
