Extensive Word-building + Body Systems
§ NEW! Lead author, Regina Masters, BSN, RN, MEd, CMA § NEW, EXPANDED & UPDATED! All-new, full -color anatomical artwork as well as new illustrations throughout to maximize understanding and increase retention, along with new photographs, tables and flow charts to make complex concepts easier to grasp § UPDATED & REVISED! The latest advances to ensure relevance to today’s evolving healthcare environment, including the chapter on the nervous system, a more inclusive range of diseases and conditions, procedures, and treatments, and expanded disease and oncology sections. § A strong focus on anatomy and physiology and pathology § “Body Systems Connections” tables that identify the interrelationships of each body system § “Medical Record,” “Word Element Table,” and “Documenting Health Care” activities
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Medical Terminology Systems , 9th Edition Regina M. Masters, BSN, MEd, RN, CMA Barbara A. Gylys, MEd, CMA-A (AAMA) Mary Ellen Wedding, MEd, MT(ASCP), CMA (AAMA), CPC (AAPC) Teach your students to build medical words before they learn the vocabulary. They begin by learning the parts of words: roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes. Then, students use their understanding of word parts to comprehend medical terminology. Mnemonic devices and engaging, interactive exercises make word building fun and easy, ensuring they retain the information they need for success.
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CHAPTER 6 • Digestive System
Printed Text About 800 pages l 193 illustrations
Medical Word Elements This section introduces combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes related to the digestive system. Word analyses are also provided. From the information provided, complete the meaning of the medical words in the right-hand column. The first one is completed for you. Element Meaning Word Analysis and Meaning Combining Forms Mouth
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CHAPTER 10 • Musculoskeletal System
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DOCUMENTING HEALTH-CARE ACTIVITIES
This section provides practical application activities in the form of exercises to help students develop skills in documenting patient care. First, read the medical report. Then complete the activities and exercises that follow.
or/o
mouth
or/ al (OR-ăl): pertaining to the mouth -al: pertaining to stomat/ itis (sto˘-mă-TĪ-t˘ıs): -itis: inflammation gloss/ ectomy (glo˘s-E˘ K-tō-mē): -ectomy: excision, removal lingu/ al (LI˘N-gwăl): -al: pertaining to bucc/ al (BU˘ K-ăl): -al: pertaining to cheil/o/ plasty (KĪ-lō-plăs-tē): -plasty: surgical repair labi/ al (LĀ-bē-ăl): -al: pertaining to dent/ ist (DE˘ N-t˘ıst): -ist: specialist orth/ odont/ ist (or-thō-DO˘ N-t˘ıst):
Documenting Health-Care Activity 10-1 Operative Report: Right Knee Arthroscopy and Medial Meniscectomy
stomat/o
General Hospital 1511 Ninth Avenue ■ ■ Sun City, USA 12345 ■ ■ (555) 802–1887 OPERATIVE REPORT
gloss/o
tongue
Medical Word Elements exercises develop word-building skills by focusing on word parts.
lingu/o
Date: August 14, 20xx Patient: Jay, Elizabeth Patient ID#: 20798 PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tear, medial meniscus, right knee POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: Tear, medial meniscus, right knee. Physician:
Robert L. Mead, MD
bucc/o
cheek
cheil/o
lip
Documenting Health Care Activities teach students how to use medical terminology in professional contexts.
CLINICAL HISTORY: This 42-year-old woman has jogged an average of 25 miles each week for the past 10 years. She has persistent posteromedial right knee pain with occasional effusions. The patient has an MRI-documented medial meniscal tear. PROCEDURE: Right knee arthroscopy and medial meniscectomy ANESTHESIA: General COMPLICATIONS: None OPERATIVE SUMMARY: Examination of the knee under anesthesia showed a full range of motion, no effusion, no instability, and negative Lachman and negative McMurray sign tests. Arthroscopic evaluation showed a normal patellofemoral groove and normal intracondylar notch
labi/o
dent/o
teeth
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odont/o
orth: straight -ist: specialist
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