Anatomy & Physiology
Name(s): ________________________
Medical Terminology Project
Block: ______ Semester/Year: ______
SECTION ONE: Getting Started
1) Save this document as a new file using your first initial and last name (ie: vvilardi.doc)
2) Open the internet browser, and enter the following URL
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/1135/Worksheets/medterms/default.html
3) As you record your answers, make them read clearly by changing the text color.
SECTION TWO: What is Medical Terminology?
1) Find the option titled "What is Medical Terminology" and click it. Once connected to this
section, read through the paragraphs provided and then answer the following questions.
Note: you will have to make additional connections in order to answer question III.
I) What two languages are the basis for most medical terminology?
II) In addition to languages, modern medical terminology is derived from what other
source? Give 2 Examples.
III) Go the National Herpes Resource Center (see link: Herpes Resource Center) to find
the answers to the following questions.
1.
What causes herpes?
2.
Herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). True or False?
3.
It is easier to acquire/transmit HIV when you have herpes. True or False?
4.
What is asymptomatic reactivation?
2) When you have finished answering the above questions, click "GO BACK TO THE FIRST
PAGE OF THE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SITE" at the bottom of the page (or click back)
SECTION THREE: How Does Medical Terminology Work?
1) Find the option titled "How Does Medical Terminology Work" and click "Work". Once the
connection is complete, answer the following seven questions. Note: you will have to
make additional connections.
I) What are the four possible parts that can make-up a medical term?
1)
2)
3)
4)
II) Which one of the above four parts must a medical term always contain?
III) What is the definition of BRADYCARDIA?
IV) Identify the roots and connecting vowels in the term STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID
muscle? How many roots? How many connecting vowels?
V) What is the most common COMBINING VOWEL?
VII) Between which two word parts are COMBINING VOWELS never used?
2) When you have finished answering the above questions, use the BACK button to return to the
main "Medical Terminology Page."
SECTION FOUR: Prefixes
1) Find the option titled "Prefixes" and click there. Once the connection is complete, answer the
following three questions:
I) What does the prefix "HYPO" mean?
II) What does the prefix "HYPER" mean?
III) What does the prefix "EPI" mean?
III) What does the prefix "ENDO" mean?
2) When you have finished answering the above questions, use the BACK button to return to the
main "Medical Terminology Page."
SECTION FIVE: Suffixes
1) Find the option titled "Suffixes" and click there. Once the connection is complete, answer the
following questions:
I) What does "ODYNIA" mean?
II) What does "TRIPSY" mean?
III) What does "PHYSIS" mean?
III) What does "ITIS" mean?
2) Using the information you obtained for sections four and five, why do you think that the end of a
long bone is called the epiphysis?
3) Return to the Medical Terminology page.
SECTION SIX: Word Roots
1) Find the option titled "Word Roots" and click there. Once the connection is complete, answer
the following three questions:
I)
What does "CYST" mean?
II)
What does "LITH" mean?
III)
Given the above information, what would you say a "cystolith" is?
IV)
What does "CARD" mean?
2) Return to the Medical Terminology page.
SECTION SEVEN: Creating and Dissecting Word Parts
1) Following is a list of medical terms. Use the information provided within the Medical
Terminology pages to help you define these terms. Once you have determined the
meaning of each word, write the definition in the space provided next to the word. Start
by dissecting the words into their different parts. The first one is done for you to provide
an example. NOTE: you might want to turn back to Section 3 and look at the answer to
question 1-VII. This information should provide you with a means of determining roots
from prefixes in the words below
I) myocarditis: myo - card - itis
(Inflammation of the heart muscle)
II) intravenous:
III) cystolithotomy (clue: root, root, suffix)
IV) cholelithiasis: (clue: root, root, suffix)
V) hypertonic:
VI) dermatitis
VII) lithotripsy
VIII) endocarditis
SECTION EIGHT: Practical Application
1) Use the resources available to you (the Medical Terminology pages and your problem-solving
skills) to figure out the following situation.
You go to the hospital due to a sharp, burning pain in your abdominal region. After
seeing a nurse about your condition, you are asked to sit out in the waiting room until
a doctor is available. While there, you overhear the nurse explaining your medical
condition to a doctor. The nurse says "the patient is complaining of abdominodynia.
Test results reveal choledocholithiasis". The doctor replies "schedule an appointment
with the patient for a choledocholithotomy. We will probably have to perform a
choledocholithotripsy for easy removal".
** When answering questions 2 through 5, make sure that you
(1) Identify the medical term and (2) define that term **
2) What exactly did you enter the hospital complaining about?
1)
2)
3) What did your test results reveal?
1)
2)
4) What procedure is the doctor planning to perform during your next appointment?
1)
2)
5) What additional procedure does the doctor think will probably need to be performed during the
choledocholithotomy?
1)
2)
SECTION NINE: Quizzes
1) Copy & Paste the following links into the browser address window. Complete the 3 short quizzes
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/med_terminology/mt_prefix_1_s.html
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/med_terminology/mt_suffix_easy_1_s.html
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/med_terminology/mt_roots_1_s.html
Score on test 1 – Prefixes: ____________
Score on test 2 – Suffixes: ____________
Score on test 3 – Roots: ____________
2) Copy & Paste the following links into the browser address window. Complete the 2 short quizzes
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/intro_topics/intro_med_professions_1_s.htm
http://msjensen.education.umn.edu/Webanatomy/intro_topics/intro_med_professions_2_s.htm
Score on test 1 – Medical Professions 1: ____________
Score on test 2 – Medical Professions 2: ____________