G12 Unit 1 Medical Terminology Revision

​Medical Terminology

G12 Unit 1 Revision

​What is medical terminology and Why use it?

Language used by ALL medical professionals to communicate with each other

1. ​Allows professionals to communicate and understand each other

2. ​Describes the patients condition

3. ​Identifies the treatment needed

4. ​Saves time in a medical emergency

PREFIX --> ROOT --> COMBINING VOWEL --> SUFFIX​

​PREFIX - the start of the word

Multiple Choice

inter

• difficult

• Between

• Within

• Out,away

Multiple Choice

Anti

• Beside

• Outside

• Against

• Around

Multiple Choice

What does "myo" mean?

• Muscle

• Heart

• Personal

• Ligament

Multiple Choice

What does "Brady-" mean?

• Understated

• Slow

• Stop

• Movement

Multiple Choice

What does "intra-" mean

• Outside

• Surrounding

• Within

• Cavity

Multiple Choice

”a” mean?

• Double

• Both

• Two

• Without

ROOT WORDS - the main part of word

Multiple Choice

blood

• hepato

• opthalmo

• hemat

• bio

Multiple Choice

arthro

• joint

• muscle

• bone

• ear

Multiple Choice

lung

• cyto

• nephro

• pulmo

• hepato

Multiple Choice

________sclerosis- hardening of artery walls

• Hemo

• Leuko

• Arterio

• Patho

Multiple Choice

________us- blood clot

• Arterio

• Electro

• Thromb

• Anti

Multiple Choice

What does the word root gastr refer to?

• “large intestine”

• “small intestine”

• “kidneys”

• “stomach”

Multiple Choice

Choose the word that means

"when the symptoms get better but are not cured"

• prognosis

• remission

• diagnosis

• terminal

SUFFIXES - the ending of the word

Multiple Select

Disease or disease process

• -ism

• -aemia

• -itis

• -sis

Multiple Choice

itis

• Excision

• Condition

• Abnormal reduction

• Inflammation

Multiple Choice

study of

• -logy

• -metry

• -rraphy

• -itis

Multiple Choice

What does the word 'genic' mean?

• blood condition

• forming

• inflammation

• disease process

​What is on a medical report?

• Personal information e.g. name, address, ID, age

• ​Medical History

• ​Medical Complaint (what is the problem)

• ​Physical examination results

• ​Test results and diagnosis

• ​Treatment plan

• ​Progress report

​Other medical terminology

​Terminal: an illness that CAN'T be cured

​Remission: the patients symptoms gets better BUT not cured

​Acute: a disease that lasts less than 3 months

​Chronic: a disease that lasts more than 3 months

​Diagnosis: A medical professional identifies the problem

​Cure: Something that stops disease and makes someone healthy again

​Sign vs Symptom: Something you can SEE vs something you can FEEL

​Prognosis: a doctors opinion about how someone will recover from an illness

Multiple Choice

Hyper- is an example of:

• Word root

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

• Suffix

• Prefix

Multiple Choice

Cardi/o is an example of:

• Word root

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

• Suffix

• Prefix

Multiple Choice

The most common combining vowel is:

• "o"

• "a"

• "e"

• "i"

• "u"

Multiple Choice

A word element located at the beginning of a word:

• macron

• prefix

• suffix

• combining vowel

• breve

Multiple Choice

A word element located at the end of a word:

• macron

• prefix

• suffix

• combining vowel

• breve

Multiple Choice

A word element that makes it easier to say a word

• macron

• prefix

• suffix

• combining vowel

• breve

Multiple Select

A 'pulmonologist' is a doctor who works with

• hearts

• lungs

• feet

• blood

Multiple Choice

The medical term for a fast heart rate is

• tachycardia

• bradycardia

Multiple Select

Chose TWO reasons why it is important for a doctor to ask about medical history

• it is important to know about your allergies

• the doctor can tell everyone about your medical history

• it can help them diagnose your medical problem

• you can become friends with the doctor

Multiple Choice

what word means

"a doctors opinion about how someone wll recover from an illness or injury"

• prognosis

• remission

• terminal

• diagnosis

Multiple Choice

A patient suffering with gastritis would experience...

• Inflammation of the liver

• Inflammation of the stomach

• muscular pain

• all of the above