Have you ever thought of how you would describe everyday positions using medical
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Have you ever thought of how you would describe everyday positions using medical terminology? Unit 2's reading introduces you to the world of patient positioning, body quadrants, etc. Here is your chance to get a bit of practice... Think of an everyday position or movement, such as scratching your forehead or sitting with your hands in your lap. Now, describe that position, using medical terms. Your classmates will need to "translate" your position - and you can help them as they try! Example: Your post: My distal phalanges are resting on my scalp overlaying my frontal bone or my distal phalanges are in contact with the skin over my supraorbital ridges. Your classmates should translate: Your fingers are touching your forehead. Please help me with 5 sentences using medical terminology and what the sentences means...Explanation / Answer
Medical terminology is a language for accurately describing the human body and associated components, conditions, processes and process in a science-based manner. Some examples are: R.I.C.E., trapezius, and latissimus dorsi. It is to be used in the medical and nursing fields. This systematic approach to word building and term comprehension is based on the concept of: (1) word roots, (2) prefixes, and (3) suffixes. The 'word is a term derived from a source language such as Greek or Latin and usually describes a body part. The prefix can be added in front of the term to modify the word root by giving additional information about the location of an organ, the number of parts, or time involved. Suffixes are attached to the end of a word root to add meaning such as condition, disease process, or procedure.
here are the examples:
1)The term 'supra-renal is a combination of the prefix supra- (meaning "above"), and the word root for kidney, and the entire word means "situated above the kidneys.
2)The word "nephrologist" combines the root word for kidney to the suffix -ologist with the resultant meaning of "one who studies the kidneys".
3)nephritis is also a condition, or inflammation, of the kidneys. The suffix -itis means inflammation, and the entire word conveys the meaning inflammation of the kidney.
4)the term for "concerning the heart" is "cardiacus", from the Greek kardía for example "The patient suffered a cardiac event".
5) if there is an inflammation of the stomach and intestines, this would be written as gastro- and enter- plus -itis, gastroenteritis.
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