MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

HCC140  20092-99999

Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers

1.

Explain how medical terms are created. (I)

2.

Apply standard word guidelines to medical terms.(I)

3.

Use standard medical suffixes and prefixes accurately. (I)

4.

Describe the organizational components, directional terms and anatomical position of the body. (II)

5.

Identify the major structures and related word roots of body systems. (II)

6.

Identify the main functions and related word roots of body organs and systems. (II)

7.

Use system word parts to build and analyze terms. (II)

8.

Define medical terms related to basic disease processes. (III)

9.

Define diagnostic and procedural terms for each body system. (III)

10.

Recognize common abbreviations and symbols related to each body system. (III)

11.

Spell medical terms. (I - III)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

HCC140  20092-99999

Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers

I. Introduction to Medical Terminology

A. Derivation of medical terms

1. acronym

2. eponym

3. word parts

B. Terms from word parts

1. word root

2. combining vowel/combining form

3. suffixes

4. prefixes

C. Guidelines

1. connecting word parts

2. reading terms from word parts

3. spelling

II. Body Structure

A. Body organization

B. Planes

C. Cavities

D. Abdominopelvic regions/quadrants

E. Directional terms

F. Anatomical position

III. Terminology by Body System

A. Structures and word parts

B. Function and word parts

C. Additional prefixes and suffixes

D. Pathology terms

E. Diagnostic tests

F. Procedure terms

G. Abbreviations and symbols