Medical_Vocab_Chapter_3

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- bil/i- mastic/o- axill/o- -al cardi/o- epi- apic/o- tri- glott/o- -stals/o fec/o- diastol/o- cusp/o- rub/o- sept/o- -ary peri- -in -ic thorac/o- -ous -sis -ation saphen/o- -id eu- mucos/o- -pne/o- -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 Pertaining to the word cell -eal Pertaining to across or through (Transesophageal) -gen The word pepsinogen digestive enzyme cecum First part of the large intestine. enzyme Speed up chemicals reactions. (Leaven) in- In; with not (indigestion) -ole Pertaining to the word small thing. ex- Out or away from (Exhalation) thorax Pertaining to the breastplate. cilia Small hairs that flow in waves to move foreign particles away from the lungs and towards the nose and throat. -ature The system composted of -ity State or condition (Sensitivity) sin/o- The word pepsin digestive substance extra- Outside of (Extracellular) bi- Bicuspid meaning two or bigeminal 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 form or suffix Suffix Definition Peritoneal Peritone/o Peritone/o-al (PAIR-ih-toh-NEE-al) -al The watery fluid that fills the spaces between the organs and allows them to smoothly slide past each other during movements of digestion. Sentence: The patient was experiencing movements of Peritoneal during digestion of his/or food. Cholecystokinin Cholecyst/o Cholecysto/o-kin/o-in (KOH-lee-SIS-toh-KY-nin) Stimulates the gallbladder and pancreas. Sentence: The patient was experiencing some difficulties of stimulation in his or her Cholecystokinin. Sternal Stern/o Stern/o-al (STER-nal) Sternal bends the flexible beast bone inwards. Sentence: The patient experienced an injury that caused his or her sternal to be flexed inwards. Medical Word Prefix Combining form Additional Combining form or suffix Suffix Definition Inspiration In- In-spir/o-ation (IN-spih-RAY-shun) -ation Known has breathing in or out. Called inhalation or inspiration. Sentence: The Patient was asked to breathe in and out which is also called inspiration. Oxyhemoglobin Ox/y Ox/y-hem/o-glob/o-in (AWK-see-HEE-moh-GLOH-bin) -in Oxyhemoglobin is the form in which oxygen travels through the blood. Sentence: We have Oxyhemolglobin traveling through our blood stream. Myocardial My/o My/o-cardi/o-al (MY-oh-KAR-dee-al) -al Muscles in the heart. Sentence: We all have myocardial in our heart. Endocardium Endo- Endo-cardi/o-um (EN-doh-KAR-dee-um) -um Smooth membrane that lines the chambers of the heart and the heart valves. Sentence: We all have endocardium that lines the heart inside our body. Vasoconstriction Vas/o Vas/o-constrict/o-ion (VAY-soh-con-STRIK-shun) -ion When the smooth muscle contracts, the lumen of the artery decreases in size and the blood pressure increases. Sentence: The lumen artery causes a decrease of size and increases our blood pressure.