Discussion

Unit 1 Discussion Subscribe

When you are ready, respond to the topics by Sunday of Unit 1.

Please review the Discussion Board grading rubric on your Syllabus to understand how your posts will be evaluated. Your posts should be qualitative and provide substantive depth that advances the Discussion. You may view the Student Guide to Online Communication located in the Academic Tools tab above for additional information.

Initial Discussion responses should be around 150 words.

Elements of Medical Terms

Learning medical terminology is more than memorization. The process of learning complex medical terms consists of focusing on the word elements such as prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Understanding these elements will assist you in learning hundreds of medical terms.

After reading Chapter 1, you are to post a response for this discussion that entails differentiating the word elements and identifying the term’s origin. There are two parts to this discussion.

Part 1: Choose 2 of the terms in column A and differentiate the prefix, suffix, combining form, and word root.

Part 2: In addition, use one medical term of your choice to create an educational piece as if you were talking to a patient to describe what the word means in layman’s terms.

Column A

cardiac

skeletal

muscular

gastric

cardiovascular

pulmonary

arteriole

pneumonia

neurotic

esophageal

As an example for Part 1, use the following format to identify the word elements for the terms chosen:

Example: Anteroposterior

Anter – word root

Poster – word root

Anter/o – combining form

Poster/o – combining form

ior - suffix

Guided Response: Respond to two classmates. You need to choose one of the diseases; conditions or tests described in your classmate’s main post and give more information related to disease, condition, or test that was not covered by the classmate in their main response. Your response should be at least 75 words. List your references in APA format and use citations where applicable.

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Rubrics ● 20 point Discussion Board Rubric