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Nursing & Health Sciences: Medical Terminology:
Woodruff, David W., Medical Terminology Made Incredibly Easy! 4th Edition, Copyright (c) 2018 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Cohen, Barbara Janson, and Kerry L. Hull. Memmler's the Human Body in Health and Disease, Enhanced Edition, Jones & Bartlett Learning, LLC, 2020.
Students require a computer with an internet connection to access the Blackboard Learning Management System
Assessment Instructions:
This assessment is designed to assess the knowledge evidence requirements ofHLTCCD003-Use medical terminology in healthcare.
This assessment/workbook is compiled of tables / short questions and will be completed out of class.
This assessment must be downloaded, completed and submitted in the allocated drop box by the due date.
Students should allow approximately 8 hours to prepare, complete and submit this knowledge assessment.
Students must attempt all questions and complete every question in each table. All responses must be in the students own words.
Answers are to be typed or written clearly using blue or black ink.
All questions must be answered correctly to achieve a satisfactory result.
Section 1
Clinical abbreviations and symbolsPlease complete the Definition for each symbol or clinical abbreviation
# > < BD PRN ADL SOB IV CVS FBS Section 2
Please complete the definition of each of the constituent parts of the below medical terms and identify as a prefix, word root, suffix, combining vowel or combining forms
neurBrain
Word root hyper cutanehypo card, cardipre gastrpost hepatal later logy osteectomypath Scope venaudi/o ab Centr/iendoCephal/o append/o Cran/iarthr/o Derm/o Section 3
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts (Not every word will have every part)Medical term Prefix Word root/Combining form Suffix
bursitis bursa itisspondylosis osteopenia tendonitis osteomalaciahypercalcaemia osteoporosis scleroderma polymyositisSection 4
Diseases of the circulatory system
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts (Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
arrhythmia thrombocyte bradycardia cardioplegiavasodilation hypertension atherosclerosis tachycardia cariomyopathy Section 5
Diseases of the respiratory system
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts (Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
bronchiolitis tonsilitispneumonia rhinitis hypoxia pneumothorax hypoxaemia thoracocentesisSection 6
Diseases of the nervous system, mental and behavioural disorders.
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
hemiplegia encephalitis meningioma neuralgia quadriplegia schizophrenia macrocephalusagoraphobia dysthymia Section 7
Diseases of the endocrine system and metabolic diseases
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
polydipsia ketonaemiapancreatitis glucosuriahyperkalaemia hyponatremia hypercholesterolemia phenylketonuria Section 8
Disorders of the digestive system and nutritional Diseases
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
dysphagia appendicitis cholecystitisdyspepsia malnutrition cholecystitisdiverticulitis gastroenteritis hyperkeratosis Section 9
Disorders of the genitourinary system
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
tuberculosis meningitis chlamydia cystitis pyelonephritis prostatitis polyuria diphtheria Section 10
Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
angioedema psoriasis dyshidrosiscellulitis melanoma keratosis hypodermis lipomatosislipedema
Section 11
Diseases of the eye, adnexa, ear and mastoid process.
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
glaucoma Sarcoidosis amblyopia nystagmus otosclerosisperichondritismastoiditisblepharitishyperacusisSection 12
Diseases of blood, blood forming organs and Immune disorders.
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
haemophiliaanaemialeucocytosisleukemia granulocytes lymphocytes neutropenia thrombosis scleroderma dermatomyositis
Section 13
Pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium conditions including congenital malformations.
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts (Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
amniocentesis labour episiotomy hydrocephalus hypospadias neonate scoliosis kyphosis haemophilia primigravidamastitis gestation
Section 14
Infectious, parasitic diseases & neoplasms
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
septicaemia mycotoxicosisCryptococcosispoliomyelitis giardiasis staphylococcus pediculosisneurocysticercosiscarcinoma leukemialymphoma cystadenoma osteosarcoma Section 15
Clinical and laboratory findings, symptoms, and signs
Please complete the table by breaking the medical term into word parts
(Not every word will have every part)
Medical term Prefix Word root/combining form Suffix
leukocytosisneutrophiliahypothermic hyperglycaemic hypotension haematuria thrombocytosis menorrhagia cyanosis Section 16
Please review Mr John Jones`s Case Notes as above .
(A) Using correct Medical Terminology, list the healthcare professionals that this patient may be referred to by the medical team based on the clinical symptoms documented.
(B) One clinical test Mr Jones may be ordered is an ECG.
Please explain what medical word ECG is the abbreviation for and if this medical word is Diagnsotic or Clinical terminology.
(C) On admisison, Mr Jones BP was 180/100, Pulse 120 bpm, was complaining of SOB (shortness of breath) and was very cyanosed .Please explain if these medical terms are clincial terminology or diagnostic terminology .
(D) Describe the difference between clinical and diagnostic terminology, giving an example of each.
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