Chapter 1
Chapter 1 Assignments
1. Read the Syllabus for this course. Locate the Schedule for your class and print the schedule in
either the list or calendar format.
2. Go to my PCC webpage at: http://spot.pcc.edu/~elindahl. Course Materials are in the right
column. Read the “Medical Terminology Interactive Student Quick Start Guide” on my
“Textbooks” webpage, then Register on the Pearson Web site called “Medical Terminology
Interactive” at: http://www.myhealthprofessionskit.com and take the "Registration Virtual
Tour" to become familiar with navigating the online activities.
3. After registering with Pearson, be sure to “join” my class. On the Pearson Home page (the
page showing the outside of the hospital), click the “join a class” button at the top right of the
page. Enter the cm code corresponding with your class (located on your syllabus). You
should see my name displayed to know that you have joined successfully. Save changes
before closing the page.
4. Read the introductory pages viii through xvii and Chapter 1 “The Structure of Medical
Language” in the text “Medical Language: Immerse Yourself”.
5. Complete ONLY the textbook exercises below (not ALL the textbook exercises in the
chapter) for credit of 5 points toward your grade. Chapter exercises will be checked at the
second class meeting of each week. See the “Schedule” for your class on my webpage).
Homework turned in at the class meeting following the due date will receive 75% credit, and
thereafter will receive 50% credit.
Textbook Exercises – Complete ONLY the following exercises for full credit:
Welcome to Medical Language
Matching, p 27
Latin and Greek Singular and Plural Nouns, p 28
Building Medical Words
Word Parts, p 28-29
Meaning of a Word Part, p 30
Analyze and Define Medical Words, p 30-32
Combining Forms and Suffix, p 33
Prefix, p 33
Matching, p 34
Word Analysis, p 34
Abbreviations
Abbreviation, p 35
6. Pearson Website Assignments
Each of these exercises must be completed with a correct response rate equal to or greater
than 90% to get credit for the activities.
You may retry online activities as many times as necessary in order to obtain 90%, and you
are allowed to consult your text or medical dictionary. Each chapter must be completed by
the assigned homework due date at 9 PM on your “Class Schedule” for full credit (5
points for completing required activities and 2 additional points for completing the
optional extra credit activity).
You should be able to view your grades by going to the Grade Tracker in the upper right
corner of the Home page. You must leave the “Hospital” to access the Grade Tracker.
Required activities for this chapter on the Pearson website:
“Spelling Challenge” in the Records Room. Click on the white device sitting on the
rolling file cabinet. Listen to pronounced word and type the word correctly into the
space provided to test your spelling of medical terms.
“Word Surgery” in the Examination Room (the surgical instrument stand). Use your
mouse as a scalpel to split apart the medical term at the top of the screen. Cut with
the scalpel, then drag the cursor over the letters from RIGHT to LEFT to highlight a
word part. Drag the highlighted letters into Mayo trays below the word. Note: There
may be more trays than word parts. After all the word parts are on trays, click
“Check Answer” to bring up multiple choice buttons below each word part. Select
the correct definition for each word part. Click “Check Answer” to tabulate your
total score for each word.
Watch videos in the Laboratory: “Medical Communication” in the “Medicine in Action”
link and “Diagnosis” in the “Disease Investigation” link. When finished watching each
video, click “yes” to have it recorded in your Grade Tracker. If there are multiple
videos, but they are not all assigned, your percentage on the Grade Tracker may show
as 33%, 50%, 75%. Do not worry that the Grade Tracker shows less than 100%, I
will record full credit for the assigned videos.
Optional “extra credit” activity for this chapter on the Pearson website:
“Popping Words” in the Examination Room
Chapter 1 Study Guide:
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Know how to identify and designate a combining form, prefixes and suffixes properly.
Be able to break down simple terms into component parts.
Be able to place the hyphens correctly for suffixes and prefixes.
Know the rules of when to use and not to use a Combining Vowel (CV).
Know how to make medical nouns into singular from plural and vice versa.
Learn the combining forms, prefixes, suffixes and any additional medical terms from the Word
List below:
Chapter 1 The Structure of Medical Language Combining Forms – foundation of the word Combining Form abdomen/o‐ append/o‐ arteri/o‐ arthr/o‐ bi/o‐ card/i‐ cardi/o cholecyst/o‐ col/o‐ colon/o‐ communicat/o‐ cost/o‐ cutane/o‐ derm/o‐ digest/o‐ enter/o‐ esthes/o‐ etym/o‐ gastr/o‐ gemin/o‐ hem/o‐ hepat/o‐ hyster/o‐ intestine/o‐ lapar/o‐ Medical Meaning abdomen appendix artery joint life; living organisms heart heart gallbladder colon colon impart; transmit rib skin skin break down food; digest intestine sensation; feeling word origin stomach set or group blood liver uterus (womb) intestine abdomen Combining Form laryng/o‐ later/o‐ mamm/o‐ medic/o menstru/o‐ ment/o‐ muscul/o‐ nas/o‐ neur/o‐ nucle/o‐ nutri/o‐ pelv/o‐ phag/o‐ pleg/o‐ pneumon/o‐ psych/o‐ sperm/o‐ spir/o‐ tens/o‐ therap/o‐ thyroid/o‐ tonsill/o‐ trache/o‐ ven/o‐ Medical Meaning larynx (voice box) side breast physician; medicine monthly discharge of blood mind muscle nose nerve nucleus nourishment pelvis eating; swallowing paralysis lung; air mind sperm breathe pressure therapy thyroid gland tonsil trachea vein Suffixes – word ending Suffix ‐ac ‐al ‐ar ‐ary ‐ation ‐ectomy ‐gram ‐graphy ‐ia ‐iatry ‐ic ‐ine ‐ion ‐ism ‐ist Medical Meaning pertaining to pertaining to pertaining to pertaining to a process; being or having surgical excision a record or picture process of recording condition, state; thing medical treatment pertaining to pertaining to action; condition process; disease from a specific cause one who specializes in Suffix ‐itis ‐ive ‐logy ‐lysis ‐megaly ‐metry ‐oma ‐osis ‐ous ‐pathy ‐scope ‐scopy ‐stomy ‐therapy ‐tomy Medical Meaning inflammation of; infection of pertaining to the study of process of breaking down or destroying (typo in book) enlargement process of measuring tumor; mass condition; abnormal condition; process pertaining to disease; suffering instrument used to examine process of using an instrument to examine surgically created opening treatment process of cutting or making an incision Prefixes – optional word beginning Prefix a‐ an‐ anti‐ bi‐ brady‐ de‐ dys‐ endo‐ epi‐ eu‐ hemi‐ hyper‐ hypo‐ inter‐ Medical Meaning away from; without without; not against two slow reversal of; without painful; difficult; abnormal innermost; within upon; above normal; good one half above; more than normal below; deficient between Medical Meaning within bad; inadequate one; single around many; much after; behind before; in front of four again and again below; underneath; less than fast across; through three Prefix intra‐ mal‐ mono‐ peri‐ poly‐ post‐ pre‐ quadri‐ re‐ sub‐ tachy‐ trans‐ tri‐ Abbreviations Term CC CPR DS Dx EHR EMR EPR FH Medical Meaning chief complaint computerized patient record discharge summary diagnosis electronic health record electronic medical record electronic patient record family history Term H&P HIPAA HPI PE PMH ROS SH Medical Meaning History and physical (examination) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (pronounced “HIP‐ah”) history of present illness physical examination past medical history review of systems social history CHAPTER 1 Pronunciation Checklist The Structure of Medical Language Read each word and its pronunciation. Practice pronouncing each word. Verify your pronunciation by listening to the Pronunciation List on Medical Terminology Interactive. Check the box next to the word after you master its pronunciation. ❏
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abdominal (ab‐DAWM‐ih‐nal) atria (AA‐tree‐ah) ❏
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alveolus (al‐VEE‐oh‐lus) atrium (AA‐tree‐um) ❏
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alveoli (al‐VEE‐oh‐lie) bacteria (bak‐TEER‐ee‐ah) ❏
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anesthesia (AN‐es‐THEE‐zee‐ah) bacterium (bak‐TEER‐ee‐um) ❏
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antibiotic (AN‐tee‐by‐AWT‐ik) bilateral (bi‐LAT‐er‐al) ❏
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apex (AA‐peks) bladder (BLAD‐er) ❏
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apices (AA‐pih‐seez) bradycardia (BRAD‐ee‐KAR‐dee‐ah) ❏
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appendectomy (AP‐pen‐DEK‐toh‐mee) bronchi (BRONG‐kigh) ❏
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areola (ah‐REE‐oh‐lah) bronchus (BRONG‐kus) ❏
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areolae (ah‐REE‐oh‐lee) bursa (BER‐sah) ❏
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artery (AR‐ter‐ee) bursae (BER‐see) ❏
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arthritis (ar‐THRY‐tis) calculus (KAL‐kyoo‐lus) ❏
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arthropathy (ar‐THRAWP‐ah‐thee) calculi (KAL‐kyoo‐lie) ❏
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aspermia (aa‐SPER‐mee‐ah) calices (KAL‐ih‐seez) ❏
calix (KAY‐liks) ❏
carcinoma (KAR‐sih‐NOH‐mah) ❏
carcinomata (KAR‐sih‐NOH‐mah‐tah) ❏
cardiac (KAR‐dee‐ak) ❏
cardiology (KAR‐dee‐AWL‐oh‐jee) ❏
cardiomegaly (KAR‐dee‐oh‐MEG‐ah‐lee) ❏
colonoscope (koh‐LAWN‐oh‐skop) ❏
colostomy (koh‐LAWS‐toh‐mee) ❏
communication (koh‐MYOO‐nih‐KAY‐shun) ❏
conjunctiva (CON‐junk‐TY‐vah) ❏
conjunctivae (CON‐junk‐TY‐vee) ❏
cortex (KOR‐teks) ❏
cortices (KOR‐tih‐seez) ❏
decubitus (dee‐KYOO‐bih‐tus) ❏
decubiti (dee‐KYOO‐bih‐tie) ❏
dementia (dee‐MEN‐shee‐ah) ❏
diagnoses (DY‐ag‐NOH‐seez) ❏
diagnosis (DY‐ag‐NOH‐sis) ❏
digestion (dy‐JES‐chun) ❏
digestive (dy‐JES‐tiv) ❏
diverticula (DY‐ver‐TIK‐yoo‐lah) ❏
diverticulum (DY‐ver‐TIK‐yoo‐lum) ❏
drug (DRUHG) ❏
dysphagia (dis‐FAY‐jee‐ah) ❏
endotracheal (EN‐doh‐TRAY‐kee‐al) ❏
epidermal (EP‐ih‐DER‐mal) ❏
epididymides (EP‐ih‐dih‐DIM‐ih‐deez) ❏
epididymis (EP‐ih‐DID‐ih‐mis) ❏
etymology (ET‐ih‐MAWL‐oh‐jee) ❏
euthyroidism (yoo‐THY‐royd‐izm) ❏
fibroma (fy‐BROH‐mah) ❏
fibromata (FY‐broh‐MAH‐tah) ❏
ganglia (GANG‐glee‐ah) ❏
ganglion (GANG‐glee‐on) ❏
gastric (GAS‐trik) ❏
gastrointestinal (GAS‐troh‐in‐TES‐tih‐nal) ❏
gastroscopy (gas‐TRAWS‐koh‐pee) ❏
glomerulus (gloh‐MAIR‐yoo‐lus) ❏
glomeruli (gloh‐MAIR‐yoo‐lie) ❏
gyrus (JY‐rus) ❏
gyri (JY‐rye) ❏
haustra (HAW‐strah) ❏
haustrum (HAW‐strum) ❏
heart (HART) ❏
helices (HEE‐lih‐seez) ❏
helix (HEE‐liks) ❏
hemiplegia (HEM‐ee‐PLEE‐jee‐ah) ❏
hepatic (heh‐PAT‐ik) ❏
hemolysis (hee‐MAWL‐ih‐sis) ❏
hila (HY‐lah) ❏
hilum (HY‐lum) ❏
hypertension (HY‐per‐TEN‐shun) ❏
hypothyroidism (HY‐poh‐THY‐royd‐izm) ❏
index (IN‐deks) ❏
indices (IN‐dih‐seez) ❏
intercostal (IN‐ter‐KAWS‐tal) ❏
intestinal (in‐TES‐tih‐nal) ❏
intracardiac (IN‐trah‐KAR‐dee‐ak) ❏
intranasal (IN‐trah‐NAY‐zal) ❏
intravenous (IN‐trah‐VEE‐nus) ❏
irides (IHR‐ih‐deez) ❏
iris (EYE‐ris) ❏
labia (LAY‐bee‐ah) ❏
labium (LAY‐bee‐um) ❏
language (LANG‐gwij) ❏
laparotomy (LAP‐ah‐RAW‐toh‐mee) ❏
laryngitis (LAIR‐in‐JY‐tis) ❏
leiomyoma (LIE‐oh‐my‐OH‐mah) ❏
leiomyomata (LIE‐oh‐my‐OH‐mah‐tah) ❏
malnutrition (MAL‐noo‐TRISH‐un) ❏
mammogram (MAM‐oh‐gram) ❏
mammography (mah‐MAWG‐rah‐fee) ❏
medical (MED‐ih‐kal) ❏
mitocondria (MY‐toh‐CON‐dree‐ah) ❏
mitochondrion (MY‐toh‐CON‐dree‐on) ❏
mononucleosis (MAWN‐oh‐noo‐klee‐OH‐sis) ❏
muscular (MUS‐kyoo‐lar) ❏
muscle (MUS‐el) ❏
neurology (nyoo‐RAWL‐oh‐jee) ❏
neuroma (nyoo‐ROH‐mah) ❏
nuclei (NOO‐klee‐eye) ❏
nucleus (NOO‐klee‐us) ❏
ova (OH‐vah) ❏
ovum (OH‐vum) ❏
paranoia (PAIR‐ah‐NOY‐ah) ❏
patella (pah‐TEL‐ah) ❏
patellae (pah‐TEL‐ee) ❏
pelvic (PEL‐vik) ❏
pelvis (PEL‐vis) ❏
pericardial (PAIR‐ih‐KAR‐dee‐al) ❏
petechia (peh‐TEE‐kee‐ah) ❏
petechiae (peh‐TEE‐kee‐ee) ❏
phalanges (fah‐LAN‐jeez) ❏
phalanx (FAY‐langks) ❏
phobia (FOH‐bee‐ah) ❏
physician (fih‐ZISH‐un) ❏
pneumonia (noo‐MOH‐nee‐ah) ❏
polyneuritis (PAWL‐ee‐nyoo‐RY tis) ❏
polyneuropathy (PAWL‐ee‐nyoo‐RAWP‐ah‐thee) ❏
postnasal (post‐NAY‐zal) ❏
premenstrual (pree‐MEN‐stroo‐al) ❏
psychiatry (sy‐KY‐ah‐tree) ❏
psychology (sy‐KAWL‐oh‐jee) ❏
psychotherapy (SY‐koh‐THAIR‐ah‐pee) ❏
psychosis (sy‐KOH‐sis) ❏
quadriplegia (KWAH‐drih‐PLEE‐jee‐ah) ❏
respiration (RES‐pih‐RAY‐shun) ❏
ruga (ROO‐gah) ❏
rugae (ROO‐gee) ❏
scapula (SKAP‐yoo‐lah) ❏
scapulae (SKAP‐yoo‐lee) ❏
sclera (SKLEER‐ah) ❏
sclerae (SKLEER‐ee) ❏
sinus (SY‐nus) ❏
sperm (SPERM) ❏
spirometry (spih‐RAWM‐eh‐tree) ❏
subcutaneous (SUB‐kyoo‐TAY‐nee‐us) ❏
sulcus (SUL‐kus) ❏
sulci (SUL‐sigh) ❏
tachycardia (TAK‐ih‐KAR‐dee‐ah) ❏
testes (TES‐teez) ❏
testis (TES‐tis) ❏
therapist (THAIR‐ah‐pist) ❏
thorax (THOR‐aks) ❏
thrombi (THRAWM‐by) ❏
thrombus (THRAWM‐bus) ❏
tonsillectomy (TAWN‐sih‐LEK‐toh‐mee) ❏
tonsillitis (TAWN‐sih‐LY‐tis) ❏
transvaginal (trans‐VAJ‐ih‐nal) ❏
trigeminal (try‐JEM‐ih‐nal) ❏
urinary (YOO‐rih‐NAIR‐ee)(wrong in book’s answer key for pronunciation exercise on p36) ❏
urination (YOO‐rih‐NAY‐shun) ❏
uterine (YOO‐ter‐in) ❏
vein (VAYN) ❏
vena (VEE‐nah) ❏
venae (VEE‐nee) ❏
venous (VEE‐nus) ❏
vertebra (VER‐teh‐brah) ❏
vertebrae (VER‐teh‐bree) ❏
villus (VIL‐us) ❏villi (VIL‐eye)