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Mr. Young compared medical terminology to this puzzle/game.
What is a puzzle?
What is the root
What is the name of the words ending
What is the suffix
What is the name of the words beginning?
What is a prefix
What is the most common combining vowel?
What is the letter 'O'?
You would not use a combining vowel under this circumstance.
What is the suffix already has a vowel?
What type of letter is used to combine root words
What is a Combining Vowel
What are the root, prefixes, suffixes, and combining vowel
Medical terms have at least this amount of roots
What is one
What is a root and a suffix
I must use a combining vowel when linking these similar components.
What is two roots?
In medical terms, this part is always read first, even if it is not written first
What is the suffix?
While commonly used, the linking of these two components is not a proper medical term.
What is root + combining vowel (aka combining term)
What does the root word usually indicate
What is the body part
What two origins are these terms derived from?
What is Greek and Latin
Hippocrates was the father of this type of medicine
What is Western Medicine
These components are rarely used more than once in medical terms.
What are a prefix and suffix?
The correct order for a prefix, two roots and a suffix.
What is prefix + root + root + suffix?
The number of roots in the study of the ear, nose and throat.
What is 3?
A student sees the word cardiomyopathy. To figure it out, this is the correct order they should break down the word parts.
What is start with the suffix (-pathy), then define the prefix (if any), then the roots (cardio + myo)?
What 3 other origins helped in the creation of these terms
What are German, French, and English
What percent of terms are based on either Greek or Latin?
What is 75 percent
What are Anatomical Structures
The origin of components that describes the disease processes or medical procedures affecting these structures.
What is Greek?
The stated reason for using medical terminology.
What is consistency in communication?