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Unit 8 Seminar

Unit 8 Seminar. Image: www.brain-supplements.org. Unit 8 Review. Nervous System & Common Behavioral Terms. Chapter 15 Combining Forms. Cerebr/o = cerebrum, brain Cerebell/o = cerebellum Encephal/o = brain Meningi/o, mening/o = meninges Myel/0 = spinal cord Neur/o = nerve.

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Unit 8 Seminar

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  1. Unit 8 Seminar Image: www.brain-supplements.org

  2. Unit 8 Review Nervous System & Common Behavioral Terms

  3. Chapter 15 Combining Forms • Cerebr/o = cerebrum, brain • Cerebell/o = cerebellum • Encephal/o = brain • Meningi/o, mening/o = meninges • Myel/0 = spinal cord • Neur/o = nerve • Radic/0, radicul/o, rhiz/o = nerve root • Esthesi/o = sensation, feeling • Ment/o, psych/o = mind • Mon/o = one, single • Phas/o = speech • Poli/0 = gray matter • Gangli/0, ganglion/o = ganglion

  4. Chapter 15 Suffixes • -iatrist = specialist, physician • -iatry = treatment, specialty • -ictal = seizure, attack • -paresis = slight paralysis Image: www. bc-injury-law.com

  5. True or False Phrenic means pertaining to the cerebrum.

  6. False Phrenic means pertaining to the mind. Cerebral means pertaining to the cerebrum.

  7. True or False The term coma means fainting.

  8. False The term coma means profound unconsciousness. The term syncope means fainting.

  9. True or False A manner of walking is called ataxia.

  10. False A manner of walking is called gait. Lack of muscle coordination is called ataxia.

  11. True or False 4. The body’s “chemical” messengers are the nerve impulses.

  12. False The body’s “chemical” messengers are the hormones.

  13. Multiple Choice The most superior portion of the brainstem is called the:   A. Midbrain    B. Pons      C. Medulla oblongata      D. Cerebrum

  14. Answer A. Midbrain  

  15. Multiple Choice The meaning of the suffix -paresis is:   A. mind      B. treatment, specialty      C. seizure, attack      D. slight paralysis

  16. Answer D. slight paralysis

  17. Multiple Choice The medical term that means protrusion of the meninges (through a defect in the skull or vertebral column) is:   A. meningitis      B. meningocele      C. Meningomyelocele D. poliomyelitis

  18. Answer C. Meningomyelocele

  19. Multiple Choice The medical term dysphasia refers to:   A. condition of difficult speaking B. without (loss of) feeling or sensation      C. condition of without speaking (loss of the ability to speak)      D. paralysis of half (right or left side of the body)

  20. Answer A. condition of difficult speaking

  21. Multiple Choice The medical term schizophrenia refers to a(n):   A. emotional disorder characterized by feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness      B. disorder characterized by an acute emotional response to a traumatic event      C. disorder typified by a disturbance in mood, manic and depressive in nature      D. large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality

  22. Answer D. large group of psychotic disorders characterized by gross distortions of reality

  23. Multiple Choice The meaning of the medical term tetany is a condition:   A. affecting nerves causing muscle spasms as a result of low amounts of calcium B. resulting from a deficiency of the thyroid hormone thyroxine      C. caused by excessive thyroid hormones      D. brought about by overproduction of growth hormone

  24. Answer A. affecting nerves causing muscle spasms as a result of low amounts of calcium

  25. Final Project Due Unit 8 • Part I – Read the provided Medical Scenarios • Review the chart provided • Select at least 15 terms the patient would not understand • Provide a technical (card/i/o/graphy + the meaning) AND layman's (you have a problem with your heart muscle....etc.) definition for each of these terms. • Part 2 – Explain the "how's' and "why's" of identified medical procedures • Prepare > 500 word "script" for a health professional to use when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures.

  26. HS111 Medical Terminology Project 9 Section I:

  27. Section II: Prepare a 500 word or more "script" for a health care professional to use when explaining to the patient his condition and the proposed procedures. (Begin your script below and include any references using APA format) Use Kaplan University APA 101 document for examples. EXAMPLE: Mr. Jones, after careful review of your C-spine films and soft-tissue films and still feeling something stuck in your throat. You still seem to have trouble swallowing….

  28. Questions Reference Brooks, M. L. (1985). Exploring medical language: A student-directed approach. (7 ed.) Elsevier.

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