Homwork for Weekend: Exercises 1 – 14 AND
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Identify anatomic structures of the human body
Define and spell the word parts
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Build and analyze medical terms using word parts
Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms related to body structure, color, and oncology
Interpret the meanings of the abbreviations
Read medical documents and interpret medical terminology contained in them
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 cell: basic unit of all life
 tissue: similar cells that perform a specific task
 organ: two or more kinds of tissue that together perform special body functions
 system: a group of organs that work together to perform complex body functions
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The human body is composed of trillions of cells of various sizes and shapes
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• cell membrane : boundary of a cell cytoplasm : makes up the body of a cell nucleus : structure in center containing chromosomes
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 muscle tissue : produces movement nervous tissue : conducts impulses to and from the brain connective tissue
: connects, supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures epithelial tissue
: found in the skin and lining of the blood vessels
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Neur/o
Fibr/o
Epitheli/o
My/o
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 chromosomes : 46 in human cells except for mature sex cell, which has 23 genes : regions within the chromosome
(determine hereditary characteristics)
DNA (deoxyribonucleic
acid): each gene is composed of DNA, a chemical that regulates the activities of the cell
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 cranial : brain spinal : spinal cord thoracic : heart, lungs, esophagus, trachea, bronchi abdominal : stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, ureters pelvic: urinary bladder, certain reproductive organs, part of large intestine, rectum
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cranial spinal
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thoracic diaphragm abdominal pelvic

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 chlor/o chrom/o cyan/o erythr/o leuk/o melan/o xanth/o
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-gen: substance that produces or causes
Example: carcino/gen: substance that causes cancer genic: producing, originating, causing Example: cyt/o/genic producing cells
-genesis: origin, cause
Example: onc/o/genesis: cause of tumors
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 carcinoma fibroma liposarcoma melanocarcinoma myoma melanoma rhabdomyosarcoma sarcoma
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“neoplasm” is built from what looks like a prefix and a suffix: the word root is embedded in the suffix. S(WR) is used in the
“Building Medical Terms” exercises to indicate this.
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The following is a simple guide to use for practicing pronunciation of the medical terms.
• The pronunciations are only approximate; however, they are adequate to meet the needs of the beginning student
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In respelling for pronunciation, words are minimally distorted to indicate phonetic sound
Example: doctor (dok-tor), gastric (gas-trik)
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Diacritical marks are used over vowels to indicate pronunciation. The macron ( ― ) is used to indicate the long vowel sounds.
Example: donate (d ō -n ā te) hepatoma (hep-a-t ō -ma) ā as in ate, say ē as in eat, beet, see ī as in i, mine, sky ō as in oats, so ū as in unit, mute
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Vowels with no markings have the short sound.
Example: discuss (dis-kus) medical (med-i-kal)
a as in at, lad
e as in edge, bet
i as in itch, wish
o as in ox, top
u as in sun, come
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An accent mark is the stress on a certain syllable. The primary accent is indicated by capital letters, and the secondary accent
(which is stressed, but not as strongly as the primary accent) is indicated by italics.
Example: altogether (all-t ū -GETH-er) pancreatitis (pan-kr ē -a-T Ī -tis)
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 benign malignant remission in vitro in vivo encapsulated cancer in situ
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 cancerous carcinogen carcinogenic cyanosis cytogenic cytoplasm erythrocyte
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 erythrocytosis etiology histology hyperplasia hypoplasia karyocyte leukocyte leukocytosis
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1, (red) / cv / (cell[s])
2, (white) / cv / (cell[s])
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Project:
You will look up one type of specific cancer and do an informational Powerpoint Slide You will sign up for the cancer by using the message board on Blackboard and you will turn in the slide using the digital drop box feature of
Blackbaord
What you must have in the presentation is the cancer type (duh), prevalence of the cancer, what it’s symptoms are, the treatment of the cancer, outlook for the patient with the cancer.
Also correct pronciation and breaking down of the word (name)
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