Medical Vocab Chapter 3

Axia College Material
Appendix E

Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 3, 4, & 5

Complete activities A, B, & C.

A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-16. Word parts may be used more than once. Click the grey box to begin typing.

gloss/o-
bil/i-
mastic/o-
axill/o-
-al
cardi/o-
epi-
apic/o-
tri-
glott/o-
-stals/o
fec/o- diastol/o-
cusp/o-
rub/o-
sept/o-
-ary
peri-

-in
-ic
thorac/o-
-ous
-sis
-ation saphen/o-
-id
eu-
mucos/o-
-pne/o-
-ac

1. Pertaining to the tongue

2. Pertaining to the mucous membrane

3. Process of chewing
           
4. Process of contracting around  

5. Substance of red (red blood cell) bile

6. Pertaining to stool

7. Pertaining to the septum

8. Pertaining to above the glottis

9. Pertaining to the apex

10. Pertaining to Normal breathing

11. Pertaining to the heart

12. Resembling three points

13. Pertaining to the heart and lung cavity

14. Pertaining to the armpit

15. Pertaining to standing

16. Pertaining to dilating

B. Define the following words or word parts

-cyte
Pertaining to the word cell -eal
Pertaining to across or through (Transesophageal)
-gen The word pepsinogen digestive enzyme cecum
First part of the large intestine.
enzyme
Speed up chemicals reactions. (Leaven) in- In; with not (indigestion)
-ole
Pertaining to the word small thing. ex-
Out or away from (Exhalation)
thorax
Pertaining to the breastplate. cilia Small hairs that flow in waves to move foreign particles away from the lungs and towards the nose and throat.
-ature The system composted of -ity
State or condition (Sensitivity)
sin/o-
The word pepsin digestive substance extra-
Outside of (Extracellular)
bi-
Bicuspid meaning two or bigeminal

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...