JUMP Medical Terminology Purpose: To encourage Middle School Health Science Students to improve their ability to identify, spell, define and apply prefixes, suffixes, and root words as they apply to anatomy, physiology, and occupations related to the health care community. Description: This event shall be a written examination dealing with selected terms common to Health Science Education and other varied health care specialties. Event: Competitors shall be expected to recognize, identify, define, interpret, and apply these terms by responding correctly to 40 multiple choice items under timed conditions. Dress Code: Competitors must be in proper dress, navy blue or khaki pants and JUMP chapter polo shirt in school colors. Rules and Procedures: 1. Competitors in this event must be active members of HOSA JUMP in good standing in the category in which they are registered to compete. 2. The test shall be developed specifically for middle school students (6th-­‐8th grade). 3. A series of 5 tie breaking questions will be administered with the original test. In case of a tie, successive sets of five tie-­‐breaker questions will be used until a winner is determined. In the tie-­‐breaker, correct spelling is required for an item to be considered correct. 4. The official references for selection of all items shall be the list of prefixes, suffixes, and root words found with these guidelines. 5. All competitors shall report to the site of the event at the time designated for the event orientation and test. The test will immediately follow the orientation. No proxies will be allowed for the orientation. No references or study materials will be allowed at the event site. 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology 1 6. All competitors will be given a test with the test items turned face down. The competitors will be given instruction on the use of the Scantron form. After instructions have been given to the competitors, they will be notified to start the test. There will be a verbal announcement when there are 15 minutes remaining for the test period. Competitors should leave the testing site promptly after completion of the test. 7. JUMP Competitors are responsible for bringing: Number 2 pencils (non-­‐mechanical) -­‐ We recommend 4 sharpened Erasers Copy of guidelines these for orientation Watch (optional) 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology 2 Event Flow Chart Orientation and Test Orientation and Test Orientation and Test 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology 3 JUMP Medical Terminology Prefix, Suffix and Root Words Word 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Meaning a-­‐, an-­‐ Ambi-­‐ Arthro-­‐ Arterio-­‐ -­‐able Bi-­‐ Bio-­‐ Cardi/o-­‐ Crani/o-­‐ Without Both Joint Artery Capable Both Life, living Heart Skull 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Cut-­‐ Cyst/I,o-­‐ Cyte/o-­‐ Dorsi, dorso-­‐ Cerebro-­‐ Col-­‐ (in, o) Skin Bladder Cell To the back or back Brain Colon, bowel or large intestine 16. 17. 18. 19. Cyan/o-­‐ Dia-­‐ Derm-­‐ Dent-­‐ Blue Through, between, part Skin Tooth 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Dys-­‐ -­‐ectomy Endo-­‐ Erythro-­‐ Fore-­‐ Gastr/o-­‐ –genesis -­‐gram -­‐graph Difficult or painful Surgical removal of Within, innermost Red In front of Stomach Development or production Tracing, picture record Diagram, instrument for recording 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology 4 29. Hem-­‐ (a,ato,o) Blood 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. Hemi-­‐ Hepat/o-­‐ Hetero-­‐ Hom-­‐ (o,eo-­‐) Hydro-­‐ Hyper-­‐ Half Liver Different Same or like Water Increased, more than normal 36. Hypo-­‐ Decreased, deficient, low, under, less than 37. -­‐ia, -­‐iasis Condition of, abnormal/pathological state 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. -­‐ic, -­‐ac Infra-­‐ Inter-­‐ Intra-­‐ -­‐ism Pertaining to Beneath or below Between or among Within, into or inside Condition, theory, state of being 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. Iso-­‐ -­‐it is -­‐kinesis, -­‐kinetic Lact/o-­‐ Leuko-­‐ -­‐lys Macro-­‐ Mal-­‐ Med/i-­‐ -­‐megaly, mega-­‐ Melan/o-­‐ Equal, alike or same Inflammation of Motion Milk White Destruction or dissolving of Large Bad, abnormal Middle, midline Large, enlarged Black 54. 55. -­‐meter Micro-­‐ Measure, measurement Small 56. Multi-­‐ Many or a large amount 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology 5 57. 58. My/o-­‐ Nas/o-­‐ Muscle Nose 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. -­‐natal Nephr/o-­‐ Neuro-­‐ -­‐ologist -­‐ology -­‐oma -­‐opsy Opt-­‐ Oste/o Ot/o Peri-­‐ –philic –phobic Birth Kidney Nerves, nervous system Person who does or studies Study of Tumor To view Vision, eye Bone Ear Around Affinity for or attracted to Fearful of 72. 73. –plasty –pnea Surgical correction or repair Breathing 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. Pod-­‐ Post-­‐ Pre-­‐ Pseudo-­‐ Pulmon/o-­‐ Quad-­‐ (ra-­‐ri-­‐) Rhin/o-­‐ Foot After, behind Before, in front of False Lungs Four Nose, pertaining to the nose 81. 82. –rrhea –sclerosis Flow or discharge Abnormal dryness or hardness 83. –scope 84. –sect 85. –spasm 86. –stasis 1-­‐14-­‐2015 JUMP Medical Terminology Examining instrument Cut or separate Involuntary contraction Maintaining a constant level 6 87. – stomy 88. Sub-­‐ 89. Sup-­‐ (er, ra) Artificial opening Less, under or below Above, over or higher in position 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. Contracted or narrow Rapid or fast Treatment Heat Clot Poison Beyond or excess Vein In front, abdomen Spine, vertebrae Steno-­‐ Tachy-­‐ –therapy Therm(o) Thromb-­‐ –toxic Ultra-­‐ Ven-­‐ Ventro-­‐ Vertebr/o-­‐ 100. Zoo-­‐ Animal Questions on the test may look something like the following samples: 1.
A patient that is suffering from an extremely low body temperature due to exposure to cold conditions is suffering from what? a)
Hyperthermia b)
Subthermia c)
Tachythermia d)
Hypothermia 2.
The suffix – oma refers to a)
Animal b)
Heat c)
Tumor d)
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