PHS Chapter 5 Academic Knowledge: Medical Terminology, Body

One example of a study skill is using the spelling sequence of a word to remember the order of items in a list.

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Improper use of medical abbreviations and acronyms can cost time, effort, and money for health care providers and can lead to medical errors for patients.

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There is a universal system for the use of abbreviations in the healthcare industry that is strictly followed across the country.

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Creating a plural word in medical terminology follows the same rules as Standard English.

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When healthcare workers discuss body systems, the term physiology describes the parts of the body and the term anatomy describes how the body works.

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The nucleus controls the cell's activities and the nucleolus assembles ribosomes to build proteins following DNA plans.

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Different types of cells have different functions, and each organelle has a different task within the cell.

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Body systems work independently as unique organisms within the human body to control, move, support, protect, and reproduce.

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The sagittal plane divides the body into top and bottom sections.

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The terms anterior and ventral, as well as posterior and dorsal, can be used interchangeably because there are no real differences in their meanings and uses.

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