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Axia College Material Appendix E Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 3, 4, & 5 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-16. Word parts may be used more than once. Click the grey box to begin typing. |gloss/o- |epi- |diastol/o- |-in |saphen/o- | |bil/i- |apic/o- |cusp/o- |-ic |-id | |mastic/o- |tri- |rub/o- |thorac/o- |eu- | |axill/o- |glott/o- |sept/o- |-ous |mucos/o- | |-al |-stals/o |-ary |-sis |-pne/o- | |cardi/o- |fec/o- |peri- |-ation |-ac | 1. Pertaining to the tongue 2. Pertaining to the mucous membrane 3. Process of chewing 4. Process of contracting around 5. Substance of red (red blood cell) bile 6. Pertaining to stool 7. Pertaining to the septum 8. Pertaining to above the glottis 9. Pertaining to the apex 10. Pertaining to Normal breathing 11. Pertaining to the heart 12. Resembling three points 13. Pertaining to the heart and lung cavity 14. Pertaining to the armpit 15. Pertaining to standing 16. Pertaining to dilating B. Define the following words or word parts |-cyte |Cell |-eal |Pertaining to | |-gen |That which produces |cecum |First part of large intestine. A | | | | |short, pouchlike area. He | | | | |appendix is attached to its | | | | |external wall. | |enzyme |Substance that breaks the |in- |In; within; not | | |chemical bonds that hold food | | | | |molecules together. | | | |-ole |Small thing |ex- |Out; away from | |thorax |Chest |cilia |Small hairs that flow to move | | | | |foreign particles away from the | | | | |lungs toward the nose and the | | | | |throat where they can be | | | | |expelled. | |-ature |System composed of |-ity |State; condition | |sin/o- |Hollow cavity; channel |extra- |Outside of | |bi- |Two | | | | | | | | 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 | | | |Peritoneal |  |Peritone/o- | |-al |Pertaining to peritoneum. | |Sentence: The elderly woman had a perforated bowel which leaked infection into her peritoneal cavity. | | | |Cholecystokinin |  |Cholecyst/o- |Kin/o- |-in |A gastrointestinal hormone that stimulates the | | | | | | |secretion of pancreatic enzymes and the contraction | | | | | | |and emptying of the gall bladder. | |Sentence: The results of Mr. Jones cholecystokinin levels have returned and they are normal. | |Sternal | |Stern/o- | |-al |Pertaining to the sternum. | |Sentence: Doctors use a sternal rub, pressing hard onto the sternum, to arouse them from a stupor. | | | |Medical Word |Prefix |Combining form |Additional Combining |Suffix |Definition | | | | |form or suffix | | | | |In- |Spir/o- | |-ation |Breathing in. | |Inspiration | | | | | | |Sentence: Doctors tell you to take deep inspirations when listening to your lungs. | |Oxyhemoglobin |Ox/y- |Hem/o- |Glob/o- |-in |Oxygen molecules combined with the hemoglobin in the | | | | | | |blood cells in the body. | |Sentence: This will measure the concentration of oxyhemoglobin to ensure enough oxygen is getting to the body. | |Myocardial |My/o- |Cardi/o- | |-al |Muscular layer that makes up the bulk of the heart. | |Sentence: The myocardial of Mr. Kims heart has become weak and he will not make it very much longer. | |Endocardium |Endo- |Cardi/o- | |-um |Smooth membrane that lines the chamers of the heart | | | | | | |and the heart valves. | |Sentence: When the endocardium becomes damaged, bacteria from the blood stream can become lodged on the heart valves or heart lining. | |Vasoconstriction | |Vas/o- |Constrict/o- |-ion |When the muscles in the arteries contracts. | |Sentence: If you cut an artery, vasoconstriction occurs to help lessen the loss of blood from the body. | | | ----------------------- Glossal Mucosal mastication peristalsis bilirubin fecal septal epiglottic apical eupneic cardiac tricuspid thoracic axillary saphenous diastolic