Hoja de ejercicios de Vocabulario sanitario (exámenes de acceso) con soluciones

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Mr Lee is now independent with bathing.”

1. ARefusing to do it
2. BAble to do it without help
3. CIn need of full help
4. DAfraid of doing it

What does the suffix -paresis mean, as in “hemiparesis”?

1. ALoss of all feeling
2. BWeakness or partial paralysis
3. CComplete loss of movement
4. DInvoluntary shaking

What does the root vas/o refer to, as in “vasoconstriction”?

1. ANerve
2. BMuscle
3. CValve
4. DVessel

What does the prefix peri- mean, as in “pericardium”?

1. AWithin
2. BAround
3. CBelow
4. DAgainst

What does the suffix -scopy mean, as in “colonoscopy”?

1. ASurgical removal
2. BRecording of the electrical activity of an organ
3. CSurgical repair
4. DVisual examination with an instrument

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The patient was reluctant to take the new medicine.”

1. AForgetful
2. BUnable
3. CEager
4. DUnwilling

What does the term hemiplegia mean?

1. AParalysis of all four limbs
2. BParalysis of one side of the body
3. CWeakness of both legs only
4. DLoss of all feeling in both hands and fingers

What does the term encephalitis mean?

1. AInflammation of the membranes around the brain
2. BDisease of the spinal cord
3. CInflammation of the brain
4. DSwelling of the face and scalp