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InterActive Medical Terminology - the easy way to learn the language of medicine
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(Note: FlashPlayer 7 or later opens the exercises)
If you like the style of learning in these exercises there are over nine-hundred available in the online course. These cover common medical terms associated with different body systems and are based on the type of self-assessment exercises in An Introduction to Medical terminology for Health Care |
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* The book and interactive course are now used to consolidate understanding of medical terms by professionals working for NHS Primary Care Trusts throughout the UK as well as medical secretarial students revising for AMSPAR exams. |
| Topic: | Superior, inferior, medial and lateral | Directional terms are very important in medicine as they can indicate the position of diseased tissues and organs. This exercise enables you to see how four directional terms are used. |
| Topic: | Spelling | An exercise enabling you to practise the spelling of medical terms from their definitions. |
| Topic: | Prefixes | A drag & drop exercise enabling you to practise the meaning of prefixes relating to colours |
Note:There are six more of these exercises in the revision section of the interactive course that cover the recommended list of prefixes for City & Guilds Medical Terminology at Levels 2 and 3. Ideal for quick revision! |
Note:There are thirteen more of these exercises in the revision section of the interactive course that cover the recommended list of combining forms of roots for City & Guilds Medical Terminology at Levels 2 and 3. Ideal for quick revision! |
| Note:There are five more of these exercises in the revision section of the interactive course that cover the recommended list of suffixes for City & Guilds Medical Terminology at Level 2. |
| First use the topic exercises repeatedly to learn the position and names of components of the human body. Then try each self-assessment test.Scroll down to see the three exercises, use the back arrow on your browser to exit each exercise. |
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An exercise showing the position of the main components of the biliary system and combining forms of medical words associated with them. |
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A self-assessment exercise that enables you to identify the main components of the biliary system |
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An exercise showing the position of the main components of the blood, their function and combining forms of medical words associated with them. |
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A self-assessment exercise that enables you to identify the main components of the blood
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An exercise showing the position of the main parts of the brain and combining forms of medical words associated with the brain. |
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A self-assessment that enables you to identify the main parts of the brain. |
| If you want to practise the basic anatomy of more systems, there are more free exercises on the Evolve website of Elsevier Ltd. |
| Set 1 Combining forms |
Check you remember the meaning of combining forms by flashing up a word and thinking of its meaning, then check to see if you are correct. Skip backwards through the cards to name combining forms from their meaning. Scroll down to see the three sets of FlashCards. |
| Set 2 Pharmaceutical abbreviations |
The abbreviations (acronyms) listed in these exercises have been extracted from recent health care publications and from lists of recommended learning materials produced by City and Guilds (AMSPAR) and SQA exams in medical terminology. Every unit of the interactive course contains flash cards on the combining forms of medical roots, prefixes and suffixes. |
| Set 3 Medical abbreviations |
Extracted from the recommended learning material for the Level 3 Certificate in Medical Terminology City & Guilds (AMSPAR) examination. |
| Here are two examples of animations used in the interactive course to improve your knowledge of anatomy and reinforce your understanding of medical terms. |
| 1 The heart showing the four main tissue types that form this organ |
| 2 The alveolus |
The alveoli are the blindly ending air sacs found at the end of the airways in the lungs. These are essential for the efficient exchange of respiratory gases to keep us alive. In each alveolus oxygen diffuses into the blood whilst carbon dioxide (a waste gas ) leaves. Gases leaving the alveoli are breathed out in expired air. Alveolitis - inflammation of the alveoli can cause difficulty in breathing and occasionally respiratory failure. |
| An anatomy poster relating to the digestive system to help you with revision. |
These assessments are similar in style to those used as part of the medical terminology course offered by City and Guilds (AMSPAR) arrangements for the training of medical secretaries, practice managers and administrators. AMSPAR works with City & Guilds to provide a range of nationally recognised qualifications. Section 24 of the interactive course now lists prefixes, suffixes and word roots that students are recommended to learn for the City & Guilds awards in Medical Terminology at Levels 2 and 3. The word components are arranged into sets of FlashCards, a great aid to learning. Level 2 |
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| This type of assessment is similar to those used as part of the medical terminology course offered by the Scottish Qualification Authority and can be used to practise spelling, associating words with their anatomical structures and analyzing medical terms. This type of assessment is not part of the interactive course but after following it you should be able to obtain a high score. |
Note to reset or retake this assessment click the reload page button on your browser bar above this page.
This ends the free exercises but there are
over nine-hundred more in the
online course.
Note: All the drawings and exercises on this site are the copyright of Andrew R. Hutton, they can be used for non-profit educational use only. Made with macromedia Flash MX2004 and Adobe Illustrator. Flags by Animated United Kingdom Flags. |