Chapter 1 Student name:__________ 1) Elements of a medical term are the A) individual parts of the word B) references to Greek or Roman origins C) multiple syllables of the word D) combining vowels of the word E) indicators that the word is plural 2) The medical language came mostly from which two origins? A) Latin and Spanish B) Spanish and Italian C) Latin and Greek D) Greek and English E) Spanish and English 3) The prefix is A) the core of the word B) found at the end of the word C) found at the beginning of some words D) the combining form of the word E) rarely used in the medical language 4) The core element of any term is its A) combining form B) root C) suffix