Medical Terminology
Introduction
Today we will talking
about:
1- Define Medicine:
2-The main branches and Some interdisciplinary sub-specialtiesof
medicine are:
3- Terms Pertaining to Human Body
What is Medicine?
Prevention of disease.
It includes a variety of health care practices evolved to
maintain and restore health bynthe prevention and
treatment of illness.
The main branches of medicine are:
1) Basic sciences of
medicine (Anatomy,
physiology,
Pathology,….)
2) Medical Specialties.
(see table-1)
3)Interdisciplinary
fields, where different
medical specialties are
mixed to function in
certain occasions
Table 1
Subspecialties of internal
medicine
Subspecialties of internal
medicine
Angiology
Critical care medicine
Cardiology
Endocrinology
Pulmonology
Hepatology
Pediatrics
Rheumatology
Oncology
Infectious diseases
Neurology
Dermatology
Gastroenterology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Emergency medicine
Family medicine
Psychiatry
Some interdisciplinary sub-specialties of
medicine include:
A)Addiction medicine deals with the treatment of addiction.
B)Medical ethics deals with ethical and moral principles that apply
values and judgments to the practice of medicine.
C)Biomedical Engineering is a field dealing with the application
Some interdisciplinary sub-specialties of
medicine include:

D)Clinical pharmacology is concerned with how systems
of therapeutics interact with patients.

E)Conservation medicine studies the relationship between human
and animal health, and environmental conditions.

F) Forensic medicine deals with medical questions
in legal context, such as determination of the time and cause of
death, type of weapon used to inflict trauma.
Terms Pertaining to Human Body
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Terms Pertaining to Human Body
Root
Meaning.
How to pertaining to it
1. Head and trunk
Cephal / o
Cervic / o
Thorac / o
Abdomin / o
Celi / o
Head
Neck
Chest – thorax
Abdomen
Abdomen
Cephalic
Cervical
Thoracic
Abdominal
Celiac
Lumb / o
Lumbar region & lower back
Lumbar
Terms Pertaining to Human Body
Root
Meaning.
How to pertaining
to it
2. Extremitties
Ped / o
Foot
Pedal
Dactyl
Finger , toe
Dactylic
Brachi / o
Arm
Brachial
Acr / o
Extremity , end
Acr…
Terms Pertaining to Human Body
Root
3. Internal Organs
Crani / o
Mening / o
Thorac / o
Cardi / o
Gastr / o
Periton / o Peritone /
o
Pelv / I
Cellul / o
Meaning.
How to pertaining to it
Brain
Meninges
Chest , thorax
Heart
Stomach
Cranial
Meningeal
Thoracic
Cardiac
Gastric
Peritoneum
Peritoneal
Pelvis
Cells
Pelvic
Cellular