This document is from a textbook on medical terminology. It discusses the basic structure of medical words by dividing them into their component parts such as roots, prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms. Some key points covered include:
- Medical terms can be analyzed by identifying roots, suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms. Understanding the meaning of these parts is important for determining the overall meaning of terms.
- Common medical roots include gastro- (stomach), cardio- (heart), neuro- (nerve), and others related to body parts or processes. Frequent suffixes include -itis (inflammation), -algia (pain), and -osis (condition or disease).
- Examples are provided of medical words broken down
Analyze words by dividing them into component parts.
Relate the medical terms to the structure and function of the human body.
Be aware of spelling and pronunciation problems.
The correct answer is C: all medical terms have a suffix.
The correct answer is B: the prefix is the element that appears at the beginning of a medical term.
A combining vowel has no meaning of its own.
When a term contains two or more roots related to parts of the body, what often determines which root is listed first? (Anatomical position)
The correct answer is B: adenitis.
The correct answer is C: cytology.
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
The correct answer is A: -ectomy, meaning excision, or removal.
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Using the given combining forms, can you form and define other terms not listed in the slide?
Review long and short vowel sounds with the students.
The syllable that appears in all caps is the accented syllable.