Surgery Medical Terminology Quiz

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What is the purpose of combining vowels in medical terminology?

To alter the meaning of the word

To connect two word roots

To help with pronunciation between word roots (correct)

To make the word more complex

What is the function of a combining form in medical terminology?

To connect the root to a prefix

To connect the root to a suffix

To change the root meaning

To serve as a link between roots and/or suffixes (correct)

Which term originates from a name of a place, person, or thing?

Collarbone

Psychology

Cholesterase

Acrocyanosis (correct)

What is the correct term for 'bile' in medical terminology?

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Which element is used to refer to 'extremity' in medical terms?

Acr/o Signup and view all the answers

Which surgical procedure involves the puncture and removal of fluid?

Centesis Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following procedures involves the surgical fixation of an organ?

Pexy Signup and view all the answers

Which medical term refers to the process of loosening or freeing?

Lysis Signup and view all the answers

Which procedure involves the surgical repair of a hernia?

Hernioplasty Signup and view all the answers

What does the suffix 'scopy' indicate in medical terminology?

Visual examination with a lighted instrument Signup and view all the answers

Which procedure involves the creation of an artificial opening?

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Surgery Medical Terminology Quiz

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What is the purpose of combining vowels in medical terminology?

What is the function of a combining form in medical terminology?

Which term originates from a name of a place, person, or thing?

What is the correct term for 'bile' in medical terminology?

Which element is used to refer to 'extremity' in medical terms?

Which surgical procedure involves the puncture and removal of fluid?

Which of the following procedures involves the surgical fixation of an organ?

Which medical term refers to the process of loosening or freeing?

Which procedure involves the surgical repair of a hernia?

What does the suffix 'scopy' indicate in medical terminology?

Which procedure involves the creation of an artificial opening?

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