1. Unit 7 Review

2. Unit 8 Project

3. Questions

Eyes, Ears, & the Musculoskeletal System

Combining FormsBlephar/o eyelid

Conjunctiv/o conjunctiva

Cor/o, core/0, pupill/o pupil

Corne/o, kerat/o cornea

Dacry/o, lacrim/o tear, tear duct

Irid/o, ir/o iris

Ocul/o, ophthalm/o eye

Opt/o vision

Retin/o retina

Scler/o sclera

Cry/o cold

Dipl/o two, double

Phot/o light

Ton/o tension, pressure

Prefixes & SuffixesBi-, bin two

-opia vision (condition)

-phobia abnormal fear of or aversion to specific things

-plegia paralysis

Combining Forms:Audi/o hearing

Aur/I, aur/o, ot/o ear

Cochle/o cochlea

Labyrinth/o labyrinth

Mastoid/o mastoid bone

Myring/o tympanic membrane (eardrum)

Staped/o stapes

Tympan/o eardrum

Vestibul/o vesibule

Prefixes & Suffixes

None covered

Combining FormsCarp/o carpals

Clavic/o, clavicul/o clavicle

Cost/o rib

Crani/o cranium (skull)

Femor/o femur

Fibul/o fubula

Humer/o humerus

Ili/o ilium

Ischi/o ischium

Lumb/o lumbar region

Mandibul/o mandible

Maxill/o maxilla

Patell/o patella

Pelv/i pelvis, pelvic bone

Combining FormsPhalang/o phalanges

Pub/o pubis

Rachi/o spine, vertebral column

Radi/o radius

Sacr/o sacrum

Scapul/o scapula

Spondyl/o, vertebr/o vertebra

Stern/o sternum

Tars/o tarsals

Tibi/o tibia

Uln/o ulna

Aponeur/o aponeurosis

Arthr/o joint

Combining FormsBurs/o bursa

Chondr/o cartilage

Disk/o intervertebral disk

Menisc/o meniscus

Synovi/o synovia, synovial membrane

Ten/o, tend/o, tendon

tendin/o

Ankyl/o crooked, stiff, bent

Kinesi/o movement, motion

Lamin/o lamina

Lord/o bent forward

Myel/o bone marrow

My/o, myos/o muscle

Oste/o bone

Combining FormsPetr/o stone

Scoli/o crooked, curved

Prefixes & SuffixesInter- between

Supra- above

Sym-, syn- together; joined

-asthenia weakness

-clasia, -clasis break

-desis surgical fixation

-physis growth

-schisis split, fissure

Chapter 10

ARMD age-related

macular degenerations

Ast astigmatism

Em emmetropia

IOP intraocular pressure

Ophth ophthalmology

VA visual acuity

Chapter 11

AOM acute otitis media

EENT eyes, ears, nose, and throat

ENT ears, nose, throat

OM otitis media

Chapter 14

CTS Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

EMG electromyogram

fx fracture

MD muscular dystrophy

MG myasthenia gravis

OA osteoarthritis

ortho orthopedics

RA rheumatoid arthritis

THA total hip arthroplasty

1. Retinopathy means any disease of the eye.

Retinopathy means disease of the retina.

2. The pupil is a pigmented muscular structure at the center of the iris.

The pupil is the opening at the center of the iris.

3. Optic nerve carries visual impulses from the retina to brain.

Optic nerve carries visual impulses from the retina to brain.

4. Nystagmus is defined as crossed eyes.

Nystagmus is defined as involuntary, jerky movements of the eyes.

5. Cerumen is the term for earwax.

Cerumen is the term for earwax.

The pigmented muscular structure that allows light to pass through is called the:  

A. Iris B. Pupil      C. Sclera      D. Cornea  

A. Iris

In the medical term lacrimal, the word root means:  

A. conjunctiva      B. tear, tear duct   C. vision      D. eyelid     

B. tear, tear duct  

The medical term meaning (any) disease of the eye is:  

A. retinal      B. retinopathy      C. Ophthalmopathy    D. keratoplasty  

C. Ophthalmopathy

The word part that completes the medical termmeaning physician who studies and treats diseases of the ear, ___________/o/logist, is:  

A. ot   B. audi      C. labyrinth      D. myring  

A. ot

The meaning of the medical term tinnitus is:  

A. Hearing impairment in old age      B. A sense that either one's own body or

the environment is revolving      C. Chronic disease of the inner ear      D. Ringing in the ears

D. Ringing in the ears

The word part that completes the medical term meaning inflammation of the bone and cartilage, oste/o/_____/itis, is:  

A. Chondr    B. synovi      C. arthr      D. myel  

A. Chondr

Part I – Read the provided Medical Scenarios◦ Review the chart provided◦ Select at least 15 terms the patient would not understand◦ Provide a technical (card/i/o/graphy + the meaning) AND

layman's (you have a problem with your heart muscle....etc.) definition for each of these terms.

Part 2 – Explain the "how's' and "why's" of identified medical procedures◦ Prepare > 500 word "script" for a health professional to use

when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures.

Identify Word Parts

Singular/Plural Form

Technical/Consumer Definitions

Build Related Word Root Terms

Card/i/ology Cardiology (s)Cardiologies (pl)

1.The study of cardiac system including the cardiovascular system.2.Having problems with the heart muscle and would like to perform tests to find out exactly what is going on.

CardiacPericardialCardiographyCardiopulmonary

HS111 Medical Terminology Project 9 Section I:

Section II:Prepare a 500 word or more "script" for a health care professional to use when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures. (Begin your script below and include any references using APA format) Use Kaplan University APA 101 document for examples.

Mr. Jones, after careful review of your C-spine films and soft-tissue films and still feeling something stuck

in your throat. You still seem to have trouble swallowing….

EXAMPLE: