Appendix C for Hca/220

Appendix C

Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 2

Complete activities A, B, & C.

A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-13. Click the grey box to begin typing.

-ior

-al

poster/o-

medi/o

-ly

later/o-

dors/o-

-ar

super/o-

gastr/o-

infer/o-

caud/o-

ventr/o-

-ad

lumb/o- umbilic/o-

inguin/o-

hypo-

anter/o-

-ic

1. Pertaining to the lower back

2. Pertaining to below the stomach

3. Pertaining to the naval

4. Pertaining to the front part

5. Pertaining to going toward the front part

6. Pertaining to the groin

7. Pertaining to the back part

8. Pertaining to going toward the back part

9. Pertaining to going toward the middle

10. Pertaining to going toward the side

11. Pertaining to above

12. Pertaining to below

13. In the direction of the tailbone

B. Define the following words or word parts.

-ad

Toward, in direction of -ior

Pertaining to

-ics

Knowledge, practice Ana- Apart from, excessive

Prone

Inclined, downward Supine Lying on the back

viscera-

Soft internal organs transverse

Across; through to turn, to travel

Hypo-

Below; deficient Re-

Again and again; backwards; unable to

C. In this activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to record your answers.

Medical Word Prefix Combining form Additional Combining form or suffix Suffix Definition

Anteroposterior Anter/o poster/o ior Front part of body moving towards the back.

Sentence: I have a anteroposterior pain that will not go away.

Midsagittal Mid Sagitt/0 al Middle of body going from front to back.

Sentence:

Distally Dist/o al ly Away from the center or point of origin pertaining to the part it is going towards

Sentence: The laceration ran distally from the knee to the ankle....