Healthcare vocabulary (entrance exams) worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

What does the prefix micro- mean, as in “microscope”?

  1. AFast
  2. BLarge
  3. CSmall
  4. DMany
2.Easy

What does the root audi/o refer to, as in “audiometry”?

  1. ASmell
  2. BHearing
  3. CSight
  4. DTouch
3.Easy

Which body part does the root cyst/o refer to, as in “cystitis”?

  1. ALiver
  2. BUreter
  3. CUrinary bladder
  4. DKidney and renal pelvis
4.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “The new barcode system will enhance medication safety.”

  1. AMeasure exactly
  2. BImprove
  3. CReplace completely
  4. DSlow down
5.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “Patients must adhere to the medication schedule.”

  1. AChange freely whenever they like
  2. BQuestion
  3. CIgnore
  4. DFollow closely
6.Medium

Choose the meaning of the word in bold: “A blood pressure reading is objective data.”

  1. ABased on personal feelings
  2. BPrivate and confidential
  3. CObservable and measurable
  4. DUncertain and estimated
7.Hard

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: “The nurse ___ the wound with saline to wash out the debris.”

  1. Airrigated
  2. Bpalpated
  3. Causcultated
  4. Dsutured
8.Hard

What does the term pyelonephritis mean?

  1. AThe presence of stones in the kidney
  2. BInflammation of the urinary bladder and urethra
  3. CInflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis
  4. DInflammation of the urethra

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Small
  2. 2. B · Hearing
  3. 3. C · Urinary bladder
  4. 4. B · Improve
  5. 5. D · Follow closely
  6. 6. C · Observable and measurable
  7. 7. A · irrigated
  8. 8. C · Inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis

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