Title: Define medical terminology.
Course: Medical Assistant I (14151-I) > Section: Applying Fundamental Principles of Health Care

Definition should include

- decoding of terms
- abbreviations of symbols and acronyms
- common medical prefixes, roots, suffixes, and their meanings
- names of diagnostic tests
- terminology that relates to the various conditions
- systems of the human body, including defining, spelling, and pronouncing terms related to the following:
  - Common medical conditions (e.g., inflammation, swelling, pain)
  - Body organization and anatomical reference system (e.g., planes, regions, direction)
  - Structural units (e.g., cells, organs, tissues)
  - Basic units of measurements (e.g., metric, U.S. customary units)
  - Conversion among measurement systems

Process/Skill Questions:

- How can pronunciation affect the meaning of a term?
- Why is it important to correctly spell a medical term?
- Why is a basic foundation in suffix and prefix recognition helpful to healthcare workers and to healthcare consumers?
- What major organs are contained in each body cavity?
- What is the location of the diaphragm, with relation to the body cavities?
- What is the function of the diaphragm?