The prefix in the word ultrasonography means:
A. living organism
B. with
C. less than
D. beyond
E. works together
D. beyond
What does the suffix -phil mean?
A. structure
B. cell
C. attraction
D. basic
E. white
C. attraction
What does the suffix in the term bronchiole mean?
A. end point
B. windpipe
C. small
D. condition
E. old
C. Small
-ole
which means small
Which of the following terms has a suffix that means deficiency?
A. neutropenia
B. polymorphonuclear
C. antibody
D. erythroblast
E. hypoxic
A. neutropenia
-penia
which means decrease or deficiency
What does the root of the word pulmonology mean?
A. Lung
B. Breath
C. The study of
D. Air
E. Removal of
A. Lung
pulmo means lung ology means the study of
The prefix in the term tachycardia means?
A. slow
B. decreased
C. fast
D. contractility
E. increased
C. fast
In the word, hemoglobinopathy, what does the suffix mean?
A. disease
B. blood
C. protein
D. hidden
E. pertaining to
A. disease
In the term endotracheal, what does the prefix mean?
A. at the end of
B. inside
C. under
D. alongside of
E. upside down
B. inside
endo-
which means within or inside
Identify the elements in the term “cardiomyopathy.”
A. a combining form, a root, and a suffix.
B. a combining form, a combining form, and a suffix
C. a root, a combining form, and a suffix
D. a prefix, a root, and a suffix
E. a root, a root, and a suffix
B. a combining form, a combining form, and a suffix
Which of the following words has a prefix meaning without?
A. arrhythmia
B. implantable
C. diastole
D. pericarditis
E. dysrhythmia
A. arrhythmia
Which of the following words has a prefix meaning bad, difficult.
A. diastole
B. implantable
C. arrhythmia
D. pericarditis
E. dysrhythmia
E. dysrhythmia
In the term agranulocyte, what does the prefix mean?
A. without, not
B. white
C. granules
D. to age
E. cell
A. without, not
a-
which means without or not
Which of the following words has a root/combining form meaning blood?
A. myocardium
B. hemodynamics
C. pericardium
D. parietal
E. endocardium
B. hemodynamics
Which of the following words has a root meaning wind?
A. nebulizer
B. nose
C. pharynx
D. uvula
E. ventilation
E. ventilation
Thrombus and anticoagulant both have roots that refer to blood.
A. clotting
B. pressure
C. volume
D. flow
E. cells
A. clotting
Which of the following words has an element that refers to color?
A. hematoma
B. extravasation
C. epistaxis
D. erythema
E. thrombocyte
D. erythema
The root/combining form in the word stenosis means?
A. condition
B. plug
C. hard
D. narrow
E. falling
D. narrow
What does the suffix of the word splenectomy mean?
A. transplant
B. to create an opening
C. surgical removal of
D. to destroy
E. drainage of fluid
C. surgical removal of
ectomy
Which of the following words describes a layer of the heart wall?
A. myocardium
B. thoracic
C. cardiovascular
D. cardiac
E. mediastinal
A. myocardium
Which of the following word elements refers to the nose?
A. meatus
B. purul
C. stax
D.rhin
E. pneum
D. rhin
Which of the following terms means the process of ingestion and destruction?
A. lysis
B. blastosis
C. parasitic
D. phagocytic
E. phagocytosis
E. phagocytosis
phago- to eat -cytosis process of a cell
Which of the following word elements refers to blood?
A. -emia
B. -cyte
C. lek/o
D. erythr/o
E. -osis
A. -emia
What does the prefix of the word anemia mean?
A. blood
B. red
C. without
D. less than
E. under
C. without
an
which means not or without
In the term lobectomy, what does the suffix mean?
A. the study of
B. surgical incision
C. surgical removal of
D. within
E. enlarged
C. surgical removal of
