Medical terminology
Medical terminologies are used to describe medical procedures, medical components such as body organs, physiological processes, and diagnostic processes, and medical equipment. The terms are formed by adding suffixes or prefixes on the root word giving them a medical meaning. This has enhanced within the medical fraternity since the language used is universal. These word parts are usually Greek terms that represent body processes or body parts.
Example 1.
Use the following word parts (derm–melan–hidr– crin–therm) in terms to structure 5 logical correct sentences.
Derm is a Greek word meaning skin and therefore is to form medical terms that are associated with the skin. Melan is a term used to refer to the black color of the skin. Its presence in terminology associate the name with the dark pigment. Hidr means sweat and forms names that relate to sweat. Crin is a Greek word for secretion and it forms names associated with fluids secretion of glands that secret these fluids. Therm is a term that is used to relate terminologies to heat.
- Dermoid are cyst growth that might be present at birth and are characterized by saclike structures containing skin glands, fluid or hair.
- Failure of melanin formation may lead to Albinism which is characterized by pink pigmentation and brown eye pupil.
- Apocrine are buds that channel off their secretion via the cell membrane vesicles that are membrane-bound.
- Cystic proliferation arising from apocrine glands is referred to as
- When you touch a hot or a cold object, the temperature change is done by the peripheral thermoreceptors on the skin surface.
Use the following word parts (nerv–cephal–psych–spin–ot) in terms to structure 5 logical correct sentences.
The term nerv is used to describe nerve and used to form terms used explain related to nerves system. cephal is a term that is used to form terminologies that are related to the head. Psych is a term used to represent the state of mind and is used to form terminologies that are related to the head. Spin is a medical term that is used to form names that are related to spines and it relates to the ear.
- The cranial nerves are located at the cranium and they responsible for the innervation of responses related to the jaw movement and the cranium.
- The lobes of procephalic in an embryo are located at the anterior part of the head.
- After his mother died seven years ago, seemed isolated, and withdrawn which is a characteristic of psychoneurotic disorder.
- During the cell division process the spindle fibres aids in the migration of chromosomes to opposite poles hence aiding in karyogamy.
- Dental conditions, neuralgia, neoplasm, and otitis media are otological causes of
Reference
National EMS education standard competence (2020). Medical terminologies. pp 1-9. http://samples.jbpub.com/9780763779306/Medical%20Terminology.pdf