Unit 8
Below you will find two medical scenarios to read. Please identify 15 medical terms that would be unfamiliar to a layman or non-medical person.
For each identified term:
a.Identify the prefix, suffix and word root where appropriate.
b.Please provide a plural or singular form for the selected medical terms, if the term changes form.
Example:
•Stomach: no additional information needed
•Analysis: supply “analyses” the plural format
•Appendectomies: supply “appendectomy” the singular format
c.Provide both a technical definition, as if you were speaking to a health care professional and a “consumer” definition, as if you were speaking to a patient or nonmedical person.
Example: cardiology:
•to a health care professional: cardiology is the study of the cardiac system, including…… (and you would supply appropriate info here).
•to a patient: you are having some problems with your heart muscle and we would like to perform some tests to find out exactly what is going on.
d.For each term, use the word root to build two related terms.
Example: cardiology: word root is “card/
•cardiac
•pericardial
•cardiography
•cardiopulmonary
In Section II:
Prepare a 500-word or longer "script" for a health care professional to use when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures.
I. AMBULATORY CARE FACE SHEET
Admit Date: 7/8/20XX @ 20:22
Discharge Date/Time: 7/9/20XX @ 10:10
Sex: M Age: 47 Disposition: Home
Admitting Diagnosis: Possible torn meniscus of the left knee.
Discharge Diagnosis: Left Knee meniscectomy.
Procedures: Laparoscopic Surgery to the Left Knee.
CONSULTATION
Date of Consultation: 7/8/20XX
This is a 47-year old male who was in his usual state of health until today. He entered the Emergency Room with severe pain to his left knee and equal amount of edema within the patellar area. This occurred after the patient fell at an angle on the left knee during a game of football with friends. The patient
For each identified term:
a.Identify the prefix, suffix and word root where appropriate.
b.Please provide a plural or singular form for the selected medical terms, if the term changes form.
Example:
•Stomach: no additional information needed
•Analysis: supply “analyses” the plural format
•Appendectomies: supply “appendectomy” the singular format
c.Provide both a technical definition, as if you were speaking to a health care professional and a “consumer” definition, as if you were speaking to a patient or nonmedical person.
Example: cardiology:
•to a health care professional: cardiology is the study of the cardiac system, including…… (and you would supply appropriate info here).
•to a patient: you are having some problems with your heart muscle and we would like to perform some tests to find out exactly what is going on.
d.For each term, use the word root to build two related terms.
Example: cardiology: word root is “card/
•cardiac
•pericardial
•cardiography
•cardiopulmonary
In Section II:
Prepare a 500-word or longer "script" for a health care professional to use when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures.
I. AMBULATORY CARE FACE SHEET
Admit Date: 7/8/20XX @ 20:22
Discharge Date/Time: 7/9/20XX @ 10:10
Sex: M Age: 47 Disposition: Home
Admitting Diagnosis: Possible torn meniscus of the left knee.
Discharge Diagnosis: Left Knee meniscectomy.
Procedures: Laparoscopic Surgery to the Left Knee.
CONSULTATION
Date of Consultation: 7/8/20XX
This is a 47-year old male who was in his usual state of health until today. He entered the Emergency Room with severe pain to his left knee and equal amount of edema within the patellar area. This occurred after the patient fell at an angle on the left knee during a game of football with friends. The patient