In this module, you will delve into the essential skill of medical terminology, crucial for effective communication with physicians and understanding medical reports. This knowledge will not only enhance your ability to communicate in a medical setting but also contribute to your overall understanding of medical concepts.

Knowledge Core Competency: Upon completing this module, you will have a comprehensive understanding of how to formulate medical terms, use proper spelling, and employ medical words correctly in various contexts.

Objectives:

1. Describe the use of prefixes, suffixes, and root words.
2. State how to use rules to form medical terms.
3. Recall how to combine forms and use word parts.
4. Describe how to analyze and write medical terms using prefixes for numbers, measurements, position, and direction.
5. State how to use the correct spelling of terms.
6. Explain how to write meanings and use definitions related to directional aspects of the body.
7. Explain how to choose the correct meaning of terms related to body structures.
8. Explain how to match terms related to body fluids with their descriptions.
9. Elaborate on how to write the meanings of terms related to body cavities.
10. State how to use word parts in terms pertaining to the skeletal and muscular systems.

Skills Core Competency: Upon completing this module, you will acquire the skills to formulate medical terms, use proper spelling, and apply medical words accurately in various contexts.

Objectives:

1. Use prefixes, suffixes, and word roots as word parts to write medical terms.
2. Apply rules for combining word parts to form medical terms.
3. Write meanings of word parts or match word parts with their meanings.
4. Combine word roots and suffixes correctly to form medical terms.
5. Analyze terms and demonstrate comprehension.
6. Correctly combine word parts.
7. Analyze and write medical terms using prefixes for numbers, measurements, position, and direction.
8. Write meanings and use definitions of terms related to directional aspects of the body.
9. Choose the correct meaning of terms related to body structures.
10. Match terms related to body fluids with their descriptions.
11. Write meanings of terms related to body cavities.
12. Use correct spelling of terms.
13. Use word parts in terms related to the skeletal and muscular systems.
14. Write scientific and common names of major bones in the body.
15. Use proper words for the five different types of vertebrae.
16. Use word parts related to structures of the circulatory system.
17. Use proper words for parts related to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems.