Component 3 Unit 1 Application Activities
Unit 1
Understanding Medical Words
Suggested Student Application Activities
Instructor Guidelines for Application Activities
· Paper Activities
1. Word Building Exercise
2. Pluralizing Exercise
3. Medical Dictionary Exercise
· Interactive Activities
1. Navigating the Medline Plus website
a. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/tour.html This is a narrated animated tour of the main features of MedlinePlus. It runs for 8 minutes and requires a Flash plug-in. (reference 1)
2. Medical Words Tutorial
a. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords.html This is a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine that teaches about medical words. Students will learn about how to put together parts of medical words. Students will also find quizzes to see what they have learned. (reference 2)
Instructions to Instructors:
1. Word Building Exercise
Instructions: This activity enables the student to identify various word parts and complete the medical term that best fits each definition given.
Distribute the Word Building Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Word Building Exercise
Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below. Word parts may be used more than once.
ambi- bacteri(o) lith(o) -pathy
anti- chrom(o) -lytic phot(o)
-algia cyt(o) mega -plasty
-asthenia -cyte -megaly -rrhea
aut(o) gyn(o) path(o) therm(o)
1. Nerve pain:
2. Bone repair:
3. Study of disease:
4. Nerve weakness:
5. Abnormally enlarged head:
6. Enlarged heart:
7. Dissolving of stones:
8. Caused by bacteria:
9. Of both sides:
10. Cell formed in lymph:
11. Agent that kills cells:
12. Repair of the nose:
13. Self-love:
14. Production of heat:
15. Pigmented cell:
16. Foot pain:
17. Female disease:
18. Drug reducing bleeding:
19. Sensitivity to light:
20. Nasal discharge:
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Word Building Exercise - Key
Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below. Word parts may be used more than once.
ambi- bacteri(o) lith(o) -pathy
anti- chrom(o) -lytic phot(o)
-algia cyt(o) mega -plasty
-asthenia -cyte -megaly -rrhea
aut(o) gyn(o) path(o) therm(o)
1. Nerve pain: neuralgia
2. Bone repair: osteoplasty
3. Study of disease: pathology
4. Nerve weakness: neurasthenia
5. Abnormally enlarged head: megacephaly
6. Enlarged heart: cardiomegaly
7. Dissolving of stones: litholytic
8. Caused by bacteria: bacteriogenic
9. Of both sides: ambilateral
10. Cell formed in lymph: lymphogenic
11. Agent that kills cells: cytocide
12. Repair of the nose: rhinoplasty
13. Self-love: autophilia
14. Production of heat: thermogenesis
15. Pigmented cell: chromocyte
16. Foot pain: podalgia
17. Female disease: gynopathy
18. Drug reducing bleeding: antihemorrhagic
19. Sensitivity to light: photophobia
Nasal discharge: rhinorrhea
2. Pluralizing Exercise
Instructions: This activity enables the student to appropriately identify the plural form of the medical words given.
Distribute the Pluralizing Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Pluralizing Exercise
Give the plurals for the following terms.
1. carcinoma ______
2. frenulum ______
3. serum ______
4. psychosis ______
5. virus ______
6. septum ______
7. femur ______
8. kidney ______
9. tongue ______
10. urethra ______
11. ureter ______
12. malignancy ______
13. leukocyte ______
14. nucleus ______
15. reflex ______
16. tremor ______
17. venogram ______
18. suture ______
19. macula ______
20. thrombus ______
21. tricuspid ______
22. respiration ______
23. antibiotic ______
24. fungus ______
25. palate ______
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words - Pluralizing Exercise - Key
Give the plurals for the following terms.
1. carcinoma carcinomata; carcinomas
2. frenulum frenula
3. serum sera
4. psychosis psychoses
5. virus viruses
6. septum septa
7. femur femurs
8. kidney kidneys
9. tongue tongues
10. urethra urethrae or urethras
11. ureter ureters
12. malignancy malignancies
13. leukocyte leukocytes
14. nucleus nuclei or nucleuses
15. reflex reflexes
16. tremor tremors
17. venogram venograms
18. suture sutures
19. macula maculae or maculas
20. thrombus thrombi
21. tricuspid tricuspids
22. respiration respirations
23. antibiotic antibiotics
24. fungus fungi or funguses
25. palate palates
3. Medical Dictionary Exercise
Instructions: This activity enables the student to gain experience with using a medical dictionary to correctly answer the various questions.
Distribute the Medical Dictionary Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words – Medical Dictionary Exercise
Group:______
Directions: Use a medical dictionary to answer the following questions.
1. What are the words parts of the term “hypervolemia” derived from?
2. What is the definition of laryngectomy? What is the combining form for this term? What is the function of the body part described?
3. What is the phonetic pronunciation of “phlebitis?”
4. Break the word “cryalgesia” into syllables. Define the meanings of the word parts and state their derivative languages.
5. What is the common name for Hansen’s disease?
6. Distinguish between “ilium” and “ileum.”
7. How do you pronounce “psoriasis?”
8. What language does the suffix in the term “neuralgia” derive from?
9. Where is the trigeminal nerve located?
10. If a physician describes skin as “peau d’orange, what does that mean?
11. What is a synonym for “pneumocele?”
12. How does a person who is “cyanotic” look? What causes this condition? What is the correct form of the term to describe this condition (i.e., change suffix to denote condition)?
13. A woman who has delivered two babies would be designated as ‘para __.”
14. What part of the blood is removed in leukapheresis?
15. What does the prefix in “aphasia” mean? What does the whole trm mean?
Unit 1 Understanding Medical Words – Medical Dictionary Exercise - Key
Group:______
Directions: Use a medical dictionary to answer the following questions.
1. What are the words parts of the term “hypervolemia” derived from?
Hyper + Latin vol (umen) + Greek (-h) aimia (blood condition)
2. What is the definition of laryngectomy? What is the combining form for this term? What is the function of the body part described?
Excision of the larynx
Laryng(o)
The larynx is the voice box; makes sounds for speech.
3. What is the phonetic pronunciation of “phlebitis?”
Fle · bi’ · tis
4. Break the word “cryalgesia” into syllables. Define the meanings of the word parts and state their derivative languages.
Cry · al · ge · sia
Kryos = icy cold, frost (Greek); algesis = sense of pain
5. What is the common name for Hansen’s disease?
Leprosy
6. Distinguish between “ilium” and “ileum.”
ilium = portion of hip bone
ileum = third portion of small intestine
7. How do you pronounce “psoriasis?”
So · ri · a · sis
8. What language does the suffix in the term “neuralgia” derive from?
Greek -algos, meaning pain
9. Where is the trigeminal nerve located?
The face
10. If a physician describes skin as “peau d’orange, what does that mean?
The skin is dimpled, much like the skin/peel of an orange. Generally found over a carcinoma of the breast. The term derives from the French “orange peel.”
11. What is a synonym for “pneumocele?”
Pneumonocele
12. How does a person who is “cyanotic” look? What causes this condition? What is the correct form of the term to describe this condition (i.e., change suffix to denote condition)?
Blue color to skin, caused by deficient oxygenation of blood.
Cyanosis
13. A woman who has has delivered two babies would be designated as ‘para __.”
Para II or Para 2
14. What part of the blood is removed in leukapheresis?
The leukocytes
15. What does the prefix in “aphasia” mean? What does the whole trm mean?
A = not or without; + -phasis = speech (Greek). Inability to speak.
Interactive Activities
1. Navigating Medline Plus
Instructions: This activity enables the student to correctly navigate and appropriately find required items on the Medline Plus website.
Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment go to the Medline Plus website and complete the tour.
· http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tour/tour.html This is a narrated animated tour of the main features of MedlinePlus. It runs for 8 minutes and requires a Flash plug-in.
2. Medical Word Tutorial
Instructions: This activity reinforces the materials provided within Unit 1: Understanding Medical Words.
Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment complete this tutorial.
· http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicalwords.html This is a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine that teaches about medical words. Students will learn about how to put together parts of medical words. Students will also find quizzes to see what they have learned.(reference 2)
Expected Outcomes for Student Activities
1. Word Building Exercise
This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to combine word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to create proper medical terms.
2. Pluralizing Exercise
This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to correctly formulate the plural forms of medical terms.
3. Medical Dictionary Exercise
This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to utilize a medical dictionary to research and answer various questions about medical terms.
4. Navigating the Medline Plus Website
This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to approximately navigate and find materials on the Medline Plus website.
5. Medical Word Tutorial
This activity demonstrates and reinforces the ability of the student to combine word roots, prefixes and suffixes to create proper terms.
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