Appendix_C

Axia College Material Appendix C Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 2 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-13. Click the grey box to begin typing. |-ior |later/o- |infer/o- |umbilic/o- | |-al |dors/o- |caud/o- |inguin/o- | |poster/o- |-ar |ventr/o- |hypo- | |medi/o |super/o- |-ad |anter/o- | |-ly |gastr/o- |lumb/o- |-ic | 1. Pertaining to the lower back 2. Pertaining to below the stomach 3. Pertaining to the naval 4. Pertaining to the front part 5. Pertaining to going toward the front part 6. Pertaining to the groin 7. Pertaining to the back part 8. Pertaining to going toward the back part 9. Pertaining to going toward the middle 10. Pertaining to going toward the side 11. Pertaining to above 12. Pertaining to below 13. In the direction of the tailbone B. Define the following words or word parts. |-ad |toward ,in the direction of |-ior |Pertaining to | |-ics |Knowledge, practice |Ana- |Apart from, exercise | |Prone |Is derived from a Latin word |Supine |Is derived from a Latin word | | |meaning, inclined downward | |meaning, lying on the back | |viscera- |Is a Latin word meaning, soft |transverse |To turn or travel across or | | |internal organs | |through | |Hypo- |Below: deficient |Re- |Again and again: backward: | | | | |unable to | C. In this activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to record your answers. |Medical Word |Prefix |Combining form |Additional Combining |Suffix |Definition | | | | |form or suffix | | | |Anteroposterior |  |Anter/o- |Poster/o- |-ior |Means moving from outside the body through the | | | | | | |anterior section and then through the posterior | | | | | | |section. | |Sentence: Karen was taking x-rays when anteroposterior views of her chest revealed she had pneumonia. | |Midsagittal | Mid- |Sagitt/o- | |-al |Means pertaining to the middle of the body and moving | | | | | | |from the front to the back. | |Sentence: The Midsagittal Plane, divides the body into right and left halves | |Distally |  |Dist/o- |-al |-ly |Means pertaining to going toward or away from the | | | | | | |center or point of origin. | |Sentence: The pain in my leg was radiating distally. | |Proximally | |Proxim/o- |-al |-ly |Means pertaining to near the center or point of | | | | | | |origin. | |Sentence: Her incision continued proximally from her elbow to her hand. | |Physiology | |Physic/o- | |-logy |Is the study of the function and workings of the human| | | | | | |body. | |Sentence: There is an abundance of universities that allow students to major in physiology. | ----------------------- anteriorly lumbar anterior medially posteriorly posterior inguinal umbilical hypogastric laterally superior inferior caudad