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What is the meaning of "facial"?
What is the meaning of "fascial"?
Which of the following is an example of a facial feature?
What is an incisor tooth?
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Which of the following words is related to muscles?
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What is the difference between "facial" and "fascial"?
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Which of the following is NOT a facial feature?
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What is the fibrous membrane on muscles called?
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Which of the following words is related to the front surface of a tooth?
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What is the function of the fascial membrane?
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Study Notes
Medical Terminology Overview
- A specialized vocabulary utilized by healthcare professionals for efficient and precise communication.
Components of Medical Terms
- Prefix: Added at the beginning of the term to modify the word root, providing information like number, position, direction, color, time, or status (e.g., micr/o/scope).
- Combining Vowel: Typically used when connecting word roots and suffixes.
Combining Vowel Rules
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Between Word Root and Suffix:
- If the suffix starts with a vowel, omit the combining vowel (e.g., arthritis).
- If the suffix starts with a consonant, include the combining vowel (e.g., arthroscope).
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Between Two Word Roots:
- The combining vowel is retained even if the second root begins with a vowel (e.g., gastroenteritis).
Creating Combining Forms
- Formed by combining a word root with a vowel (e.g., Micr/o becomes Micro).
- Example: gastroduodenostomy breaks down to gastr/o (stomach) + o (combining vowel) + duoden/o (duodenum) + stomy (surgical opening).
Example of No Combining Vowel
- Hypoinsulinemia: Decomposed into prefix (hypo), word root (insulin), and suffix (emia), demonstrating no combining vowel as the prefix and suffix both start with vowels.
Anatomical Order in Medical Terms
- When multiple roots are involved, they are typically arranged according to the anatomical order of the body systems involved, following a left-to-right reading pattern.
- Example: "facial" refers to relations involving the face, while "fascial" pertains to the fibrous membrane of muscles.
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Learn about the specialized vocabulary used by healthcare professionals for efficient and precise communication. Understand the components of medical terms and combining vowel rules.
