Download Medical Terminology Review Worksheet with Answers and more Exercises Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 1 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education Medical Terminology Review Worksheet Page 1 Name ________________________________________ Period _______ 1. ________ The prefix that means without or absence of is: a. an b. endo c. pan d. ana e. aden/o 2. ________ The suffix that means pain is: a. cele b. ante c. adip d. algia e. apheresis 3. ________ The suffix ary is defined as: a. pertaining to b. referring to an enzyme c. precursor d. state of or condition of 4. _________ The medical term that means absence of carbon dioxide is: a. acapnia b. aphonia c. anticapnia d. antecapnia 5. _________ What does a barometer measure? a. bacteria b. life c. eyelid d. pressure 6. _________ What color is the protein albumin? a. red b. blue c. white d. black 7. _________ Afferent vessels carry lymph fluid in what direction? a. away from the lymph node b. toward the lymph node 8. _________ What is found in adipose tissue? a. urea b. air c. amnion d. fat 9. _________ What is drooping in blepharoptosis? a. arm b. eyelids c. atrium d. arteries 10. _________ Androgens have hormones that are _______________ producing. a. female b. male 11. _________ What is inflamed in adenitis? a. adrenal glands b. glands c. appendix d. ear 12. _________ What is being viewed in an arthroscopy? a. arteries b. fatty plaque c. veins d. joints 13. _________ In menarche, what is happening to the menstrual flow? a. It is beginning b. It is ending Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 2 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education 14. _________ Why is an antibiotic given? a. to fight against life b. to come before life 15. _______ The alimentary canal is associated with... a. water b. food c. oxygen d. heat 16. _______ What is wrong with the esophagus in esophageal atresia? a. It is extremely painful. b. There is no opening c. It is clogged with fatty plaque d. It has been removed. 17. ________ Where is the appendix is relation to the cecum of the large intestine? a. It is to the side of it. b. It is inferior to it. c. It is hanging from it. d. It is proximal to it. 18. _________ How many hands is an ambidextrous person able to use? a. one b. two c. none 19. _________ What is a person doing when they are ambulating? a. running b. stopping c. swimming d. walking e. sleeping 20. _________ The auricle is referring to what body part? a. atrium b. ear c. artery d. adrenal gland e. aorta 21. _________ A hemangioma is a tumor of blood .... a. arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. vessels e. aorta 22. _________ What is being punctured in an amniocentesis? a. atrium b. antrum c. amnion d. anus 23. _________ What is the correct term for a bone forming cell? a. chondrocyte b. chondroblast c. osteocyte d. osteoblast 24. _________ What type of a cell is an astrocyte? a. star b. cartilage c. cancer d. bone 25. _________ If the auditorium has poor acoustics, what can’t you do very well? a. see b. hear c. walk d. smell 26. _________ What is hardening in arteriosclerosis? a. arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. vessels e. aorta 27. _________ What does the medical term auto mean? a. car b. automatic c. self Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 5 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education Medical Terminology Review Worksheet Page 1 – Answer Key 1. A 23. D 2. D 24. A 3. A 25. B 4. A 26. A 5. D 27. C 6. C 28. B 7. B 29. D 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. B 12. D 13. D 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. C 18. B 19. D 20. B 21. D 22. C Medical Terminology Curriculum Page 6 Draft Copy Utah State Office of Education Fill-in-the Blanks 1. arm brachi 2. developing cell blast/o, -blast 3. axis ax 4. air aer 5. stiff, crooked ankly/o 6. state of -asis, -asia 7. up, back, apart ana 8. from apo 9. bile bil 10. two, double bi, bin, bis 11. imperfect atel/o 12. capable -able 13. pertaining to -ac, -ary, -ar, -al 14. removal of -apheresis 15. white alb 16. pain -algia, alges/i 17. before ante 18. against anti 19. extremity acr/o 20. to, toward af, at, ag 21. bacteria bacteri/o 22. hearing acou, audi/o 23. adenoids adenoid/o 24. referring to an enzyme -ase 25. atrium atri/o 26. fatty plaque ather/o 27. vessel angi/o 28. artery arteri/o 29. walking ambul 30. imperfect atel/o 31. weakness -asthenia 32. male andr/o 33. joint arthr/o 34. anus an/o 35. penis balan/o 36. cheek bucc/o 37. slow brady 38. bursa burs/o 39. bronchus bronch/o or i 40. bronchiole bronchiol/o