Chapter 1- Understanding Terminology Flashcards
Analyze words by dividing them into:
component parts
Relate terms to the structure and function of:
the body
Be aware of:
tricky/similar spelling and punctuation
ilium
part of the hip (i for hip)
ileum
3rd part of the small intestine (e for eating)
ureter
between the kidneys and the bladder- 2 of them
urethra
from the bladder to the outside of the body- one of them
cephalgia
headache (cephalo/head, algia/pain)
hepatitis
inflammation of liver (hepato/liver, itis/inflammation)
opthalmologist
eye doctor
hematology
hemat-/blood -ology/process of study (process of the study of blood)
electrocardiogram
electro-/electricity, cardio-/heart, gram/record (record of the electricity in the heart)
gastritis
gasto-/stomach, -itis/inflammation (inflammation of the stomach)
gastroenterology
gasto-/stomach, entero-/ intestines, -ology/process of study (process of study of the stomach and intestines)
combining vowels
links the root word to the suffix or the root word to another root word, usually an “o”
this part of the terminology has no meaning on its own; it joins one word part to another
combining vowels
determines which root word goes first
anatomic position
the root word plus the combining vowel
combining form
prefix
small part attached at the beginning of a term
not all medical terms contain:
prefixes
hypo/gastr/ic
hypo/below, gastr/stomach, -ic/pertaining to (pertaining to below the stomach)
epi/gastr/ic
epi/upper, gastr/stomach, -ic/pertaining to (pertaining to above the stomach)
BLANK the meaning of medical terms from the suffix back to the beginning of the term
READ
the word ending
suffix
all medical terms have a:
suffix
important elements of medical terminology 1-5
ROOT, SUFFIX, PREFIX, COMBINING VOWEL, COMBINING FORM
medical terms are derived from mainly these two languages:
greek and latin
