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Medical Terminology Worksheet

SAMPLE EXAM I

Medical Terminology

1. The combining form derm/o means _____.

a. germ

b. skin

c. across

d. tongue

e. layer

2. The combining form troph/o means _____.

a. three

c. chest

e. none of the previous

b. four

d. nourishment

3. An inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles is _____.

a. diaphoresis

b. melanoma

c. keratosis

d. petechiae

e. acne

6. Which of the following is NOT a type of connective tissue?

a. nervous

b. bone

c. cartilage

d. adipose

e. tendon

7. “Intra-” means _____.

a. between

b. beside

c. within

d. without

e. none of the previous

8. A process or measure that prevents disease is a/an _____.

a. prognosis

b. diagnosis

c. prophylaxis

d. symptom

e. syndrome

9. Several organs that work together to perform a complex function or functions are called ____.

a. tissues

b. membranes

c. cells

d. systems

e. skin

10. Angiectasis refers to _____.

a. dilation of a vessel

d. excision of a gland

b. excision of a vessel

e. breakdown of blood

c. suturing the heart

11. When the skin turns blue from lack of oxygen, it is termed _____.

a. erythroderma

c. cyanosis

e. xanthoderma

b. leukoderma

d. melanosis

12. Which suffix describes something small?

a. –ist

b. –icle

c. –ous

d. –eal

e. –ism

13. A large bruise could also be called a/an _____.

a. ecxema

b. ecchymosis

c. petechia

d. comedo

e. mycosis

14. The suffix in polycythemia means _____.

a. cell

b. many

c. formation of

d. large

e. blood condition

15. The combining form “hist/o” means _____.

a. cell

b. skin

c. hair

d. tissue

e. organ

16. Hepat/o is a combining form that means _____.

a. liver

b. kidney

c. stomach

d. gallbladder

e. abdomen

17. Another term for leukoderma is _____.

a. erythema

d. pruritus

b. keratosis

e. purpura

c. vitiligo

18. The pleural of pneumothorax is _____.

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