This is designed to deepen your understanding of essential word parts—prefixes, roots, and suffixes—that form the foundation of medical terminology. As you progress, you’ll enhance your language mastery and fluency in the language of medicine.
Word Part Identification:

Review the terms, prefixes, roots, and suffixes from your chapter reading,
Identify 10 terms and highlight and define the prefixes, roots, and suffixes within each term.

Application Exercise:

Construct 10 sentences or scenarios using the identified words or word parts.

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Book Title: Building a Medical Terminology Foundation
Authors: Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford

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Book Description: Building a Medical Terminology Foundation is an OER that focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for health office administration and health services students in the first year of their college programs. Note: August 2024 a new edition 2e of this resource is available
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Introduction

Acknowledgements

Thanks and Gratitude

I. Main Body

1. Identifying Word Parts in Medical Terms

2. Medical Language Rules

3. Prefix

4. Suffix

5. Medical Language Within the Context of Anatomy and Physiology

6. Integumentary System

7. Respiratory System

8. Urinary System

9. Male Reproductive System

10. Female Reproductive System

11. Obstetrics

12. Cardiovascular System – Heart

13. Cardiovascular System – Blood Vessels and Blood

14. Lymphatic and Immune Systems

15. Gastrointestinal (Digestive) System

16. Skeletal System

17. Muscular System

18. Sensory Systems

19. Nervous System

20. Endocrine System

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