NURS 1103 or HLSC 2613

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NURS 1103 or HLSC 2613

• Medical Terminology
• HLSC 2613

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WelcomeCourse Faculty

• Linda D. Andrews

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How do I contact my Instructor?

• Prof. Andrews 343-7642
• leave message, state you are a medical
  terminology student and phone number
• Office Hours Mondays and Tuesdays8 -11
• Wednesdays 8-9 and 11-12Thursdays 8-10
  

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Main ObjectiveLearn Medical Terminology

• New students to Medical Terminology often
  bewildered by strange spelling and
  pronunciation.
• Approximately 75 of Medical Terms are based on
  either Greek or Latin

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Medical Terminology Mispronunciations

• Artery - The study of fine paintings.
• Barium - What you do when CPR fails.
• Benign - What you are after you be eight.
• Coma - A punctuation mark.
• Morbid - A higher offer.
• Urine - opposite of youre out.
• Tablet - A small table.

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Course Description

• A study of physiological systems approach to
  provide principles of medical word building.
  Provides medical vocabulary including anatomy,
  physiology, systems, diagnostic testing and
  pharmacology. This course is appropriate for
  health science students such as nursing, dental
  hygiene, paramedics, and physical therapy
  assisting as well as court reporting and medical
  transcriptionist students.

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Course Objectives

• Apply basic principles of medical word building.
• Correctly pronounce medical terms.
• Define common medical terms.
• Relate common medical terms to human anatomy and
  physiology common disease states,
  pharmacological categories and diagnostic tests.
• Identify the medical terminology in medical
  record reports.

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16 Lessons

• 1. Basic Elements of a Medical Word
• 2. Suffixes Surgical, Diagnostic, etc
• 3. Suffixes Adjective, Noun, Diminutive
• 4. Prefixes
• 5. Body Structure
• 6. Integumentary System
• 7. Gastrointestinal System

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Lessons, continued

• 8. Respiratory System
• 9. Cardiovascular System
• 10. Blood, Lymph, and Immune Systems
• 11. Musculoskeletal System
• 12. Genitourinary System
• 13. Female Reproductive System
• 14. Endocrine System

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Lessons, continued

• 15. Nervous System
• 16. Special Senses

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A Busy Course!

• Are you feeling like a lot of information is
  about to come your way?
• The answer is YES.

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Course Practices

• Student Agreement of Understanding
• Consultations with Faculty
• Attendance
• Testing Procedures
• Homework
• Progress Reports

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Required Textbook and Materials

• Medical Terminology A Systems Approach. 4th
  Ed.Gylys and Wedding
• Medical Terminology Syllabus by Linda Andrews,
• Four RED Scantrons

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Optional Reference Book

• Mosbys Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health
  Dictionary

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Methods of Evaluation Student Progress

• four exams 100 points each
• Homework 100 points
• Total points 500 points

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How is my grade determined?

• 500 points possible
• 460-500 - A
• 415-459 - B
• 370-414 - C
• 325-369 - D
• All Exams in Multiple Choice

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Exams and Homework

• Exam 1- February 5
• Exam 2- March 5
• Exam 3 - April 9
• Final - May 7

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How Will I Find Out My Grade?

• Exam results will be available following each
  exam.
• Each student should keep track of earned points
• An interim grade will be included on the grade
  report

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Tips for Success

• Attend EACH class
• Call if information unclear
• Take the exam on schedule
• Complete homework before class
• Study ahead for each class

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Now, lets begin

• Chapter 1
• Basic Elements of Medical Word

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Medical Dictionary Use
Look Up Unfamiliar Terms
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Word Roots (WR)

• Usually derived form Greek or Latin
• Frequently indicates a body part
• Most medical terms have one or more word roots

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Examples of Word Roods
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Combining Forms (CF)

• Combining Form (CF) is a Word Root (WR) plus a
  vowel, usually an o
• Usually indicates a body part

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Combining Forms Examples

• Cardi/ o cardi/o heart
• gastr/ o gastr/o stomach
• hepat/ o hepat/o liver
• nephr/ o nephr/o kidney
• oste/ o oste/o bone

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Suffixes

• Word Ending
• Suffix usually indicates a procedure, condition,
  disease, or part of speech
• Usually derived from Greek or Latin

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Examples of Suffix

• Arthr/o -centesis Arthrocentesisjoint
  puncture puncture of a joint
• throac/o -tomy Thoracotomychest
  incision incision of the chest
• gastr/o -megaly Gastromegalystomach
  enlargement enlargement of the
  stomach

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Prefixes

• Word element located at the beginning of a word
• Changes the meaning of the word
• Usually indicates a number, time, position,
  direction, color, or sense of negation

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Examples of Prefix

• A- mast -ia without
  breast condition
• hyper- therm -ia
• excessive heat condition
• intra- muscul -ar in
  muscle relating to

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Basic Rule One

• A WR (word root) is used before a suffix that
  begins with a vowel.Scler/ osis sclerosis

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Basic Rule Two

• A combining vowel is used to link a WR to a
  suffix that begins with a consonant and to link a
  WR to another WR to form a compound wordcolon/o
  scope colonscopeosteo/ o/ chondr/ itis
  osteochondritis

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Defining Medical Words

• First, define the suffix or ending
• Second, define the prefix, or beginning
• Third, define the middle

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Pronunciation Guidelines

• Ae and oe
• c and g
• e and es
• ch
• I
• pn
• ps

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• End of Chapter One