Title: Identify common medical prefixes, roots, and suffixes and their meanings, and medical terms related to human systems.
Course: Introduction to Health and Medical Sciences (14001-1) > Section: Learning Basic Healthcare Terminology

Identification should include

- dividing medical terms into prefixes, suffixes, and roots
- identifying the origin of each prefix, suffix, and root
- giving the meaning of each prefix, suffix, and combining form
- combining vowels
- medical terms for human systems.

Identification should include word parts such as

- prefixes (e.g., peri-, epi-, hypo-)
- roots (e.g., hepat/o, cardi/o, nephr/o)
- suffixes (e.g., -megaly, -itis, -malacia).

Process/Skill Questions:

- Which languages are the source for most medical terms?
- Why should healthcare workers know the common medical prefixes, suffixes, and roots?
- Why is it important to explain medical terms to the lay person?