Appendix G
Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 6, 7, & 14 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-17. Word parts may be used more than once. Click the grey box to begin typing. 1. Normal immature cell Normoblast 2. Process of forming blood Hematopoiesis
3. A substance that forms red blood cells Erythropoietin
4. White blood cells Leukocyte 5. Immature cell in the bone marrow Myoblast
6. Process of cells eating microorganism’s Phagocytosis
7. Cessation of bleeding Hemostasis 8. A structure above the cellular level Epithelium
9. A fibrous protein substance Keratin 10. A cell that produces black pigment Melanocyte
11. Produces fibers that hold together Collagen
12. Full of fat Adipose
13. Fat cell Lipocyte 14. Pertaining to sebum Sebaceous
15. Pertaining to the body as a whole Systematic
16. Condition of staying the same (balance) Homeostasis
17. Substance that regulates calcium Calcitonion
B. Define the following words or word parts. -phil Fondness for
-ity state or condition
-gen that which produces
poly-Many
pro- Before
-cle Small thing
-ose Full of
exo-away from
per-through
eu-normal
para-abnormal, beside
syn-together C. In this activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to record your answers. Polymorphonucleated- Composed of many shapes of nucleuses.
Looking through my powerful microscope, I observed that the white blood cells in question were more than slightly polymorphonucleated.
Agranulocytes- Without granulocyte cells
The doctor did a test on the patient and found that there was a problem with the patient agranulocytes.
Immunoglobulin- An antibody that plays critical role immunity.
There are five classes of immunoglobulin that the...