MEDICAL LESSON 2 CONTINUATIONS
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MEDICAL OFFICE L3 Medical Abbreviations and Full Term... STARATEGIC LESSON 1-3 INTERN
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Many medical words are formed by combining a root, or basic word, and a
prefix or suffix. For example, the root neur – refers to the nervous system,
and the root, orth – means “straight” or “in proper order”. When these
roots are used with a prefix or suffix, they form medical words. Therefore,
neurology means the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous
system, and orthopedics means the branch of medicine deals with the
disorders that require restructure, such as setting a broken leg. A
combining form usually the vowel “o”, is added to root words to aid in
pronunciation. See the samples listed below.
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1 Root words, prefixes and suffixes 2 Nervous System
3 Abbreviations 4 The Language of Medicine
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Case histories, consulting reports, doctor's notes, and The Language of Medicine
other medical documents contain many words that, if
spelled or used incorrectly, could result improper
diagnosis and treatment of a patient. Therefore, as a
medical assistant must thoroughly understand medical
terminology in order to produce accurate reports.
Many medical words are formed by combining a root, or Root words, prefixes and suffixes
basic word, and a prefix or suffix. For example, the root
neur – refers to the nervous system, and the root, orth –
means “straight” or “in proper order”. When these roots
are used with a prefix or suffix, they form medical words.
Therefore, neurology means the branch of medicine that
deals with the nervous system, and orthopedics means
the branch of medicine deals with the disorders that
require restructure, such as setting a broken leg. A
combining form usually the vowel “o”, is added to root
words to aid in pronunciation. See the samples listed
below.
means the branch of medicine that deals with the neurology
nervous system
branch of medicine deals with the disorders that require orthopedics
restructure, such as setting a broken leg.
for laboratory tests, chemical elements, Abbreviations
measurements, medications, dosages, and names of
organizations often replace medical words in reports.
An understanding of human anatomy helps the medical Body Systems
assistant determine whether words are correct in a
medical report, especially if the dictation is garbled or
the hand writing difficult to decipher.
consists primarily of the heart, the blood vessels, the Circulatory System
blood and the lymphatic system. The heart pumps blood
that travels through blood vessels to organs of the body.
It cleanses the organs of waste and provides them with
oxygen and food.
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MEDICAL OFFICE L3 Medical Abbreviations and Full Term... STARATEGIC LESSON 1-3 INTERN
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Many medical words are formed by combining a root, or basic word, and a
prefix or suffix. For example, the root neur – refers to the nervous system,
and the root, orth – means “straight” or “in proper order”. When these
roots are used with a prefix or suffix, they form medical words. Therefore,
neurology means the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous
system, and orthopedics means the branch of medicine deals with the
disorders that require restructure, such as setting a broken leg. A
combining form usually the vowel “o”, is added to root words to aid in
pronunciation. See the samples listed below.
Choose an answer
1 Root words, prefixes and suffixes 2 Nervous System
3 Abbreviations 4 The Language of Medicine
Don't know?
, Terms in this set (42) Hide definitions
Case histories, consulting reports, doctor's notes, and The Language of Medicine
other medical documents contain many words that, if
spelled or used incorrectly, could result improper
diagnosis and treatment of a patient. Therefore, as a
medical assistant must thoroughly understand medical
terminology in order to produce accurate reports.
Many medical words are formed by combining a root, or Root words, prefixes and suffixes
basic word, and a prefix or suffix. For example, the root
neur – refers to the nervous system, and the root, orth –
means “straight” or “in proper order”. When these roots
are used with a prefix or suffix, they form medical words.
Therefore, neurology means the branch of medicine that
deals with the nervous system, and orthopedics means
the branch of medicine deals with the disorders that
require restructure, such as setting a broken leg. A
combining form usually the vowel “o”, is added to root
words to aid in pronunciation. See the samples listed
below.
means the branch of medicine that deals with the neurology
nervous system
branch of medicine deals with the disorders that require orthopedics
restructure, such as setting a broken leg.
for laboratory tests, chemical elements, Abbreviations
measurements, medications, dosages, and names of
organizations often replace medical words in reports.
An understanding of human anatomy helps the medical Body Systems
assistant determine whether words are correct in a
medical report, especially if the dictation is garbled or
the hand writing difficult to decipher.
consists primarily of the heart, the blood vessels, the Circulatory System
blood and the lymphatic system. The heart pumps blood
that travels through blood vessels to organs of the body.
It cleanses the organs of waste and provides them with
oxygen and food.
