Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:Terminology in Health Care and Public Health Settings
Unit:Understanding Medical Words
Lecture:Understanding medical words
Parts of a medical term
Word and combining forms
Slide content:Understanding Medical Words Learning Objectives Discuss the four parts of medical terms Recognize word roots and combining forms Identify the most common prefixes and suffixes Describe the anatomical positions Define the body planes Identify regions of the body Define directional and positional terms Build, divide, spell and pronounce common medical words 2
Slide notes:The Objectives for this unit, Understanding Medical Words, are to: Discuss the four parts of medical terms Recognize word roots and combining forms Identify the most common prefixes and suffixes Describe the anatomical positions Define the body planes Identify regions of the body Define directional and positional terms Build, divide, spell and pronounce common medical words 2