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Chapter 5 Review Chapter 5 Review
SUMMARY
• It is important to understand, speak, spell, and use
medical terminology correctly in all medical careers.
• Medical terms are formed from Latin and Greek
word parts.
• Abbreviations are a shortened way of writing
medical terms. It is important that you only use
the abbreviations approved by your facility.
• Plural forms of medical terms may not be
formed in the same way as the plurals of
common English words.
• Rules of pronunciation are helpful for sounding
out medical terms, but you shouldn’t spell
medical terms based on how they sound.
• Mnemonic devices help you memorize new
information.
• Anatomy refers to the parts of the body, while
physiology refers to how the body works.
• Your body structures are built in an organized
way, from atoms to a complete organism.
• Terms for body directions are based on
standard anatomical position and are used to
describe a body structure or its position.
• Body regions, such as abdominal quadrants
and abdominal regions, provide a common set
of terms for referring to areas of the body.
• Body cavities contain vital organs and are
protected by membranes and bones.
• Body planes divide the body into sections to
show structures inside the body.
MAXIMIZE YOUR PROFESSIONAL VOCABULARY
Listed below are the essential, yellow-highlighted terms and the additional professional
vocabulary terms that you encountered in this chapter. Complete the activities that
follow the list to make all of these terms part of your everyday professional vocabulary.
abdominal quadrant
abdominal region
abdominopelvic cavity
acronyms
anatomy
anterior
body cavity
body plane
body region
body system
caudal
cell
cell membrane
combining vowel
cranial
cranial cavity
cytoplasm
deep
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
distal
dorsal
dorsal cavity
endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
frontal plane
Golgi apparatus
inferior
lateral
lysosomes
medial
medical terminology
midsagittal plane
mitochondria
mnemonic device
nucleolus
nucleus
organ
organelle
physiology
plural
posterior
prefi x
proximal
ribosomes
root word
sagittal plane
spinal cavity
standard anatomical position
(SAP)
suffi x
superfi cial
superior
thoracic cavity
tissue
transverse plane
vacuole
ventral
ventral cavity
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