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Medical Terminology

May 12, 2020

Medical Terminology/The Male Reproductive System Lesson: May 12, 2020

Objective/Learning Target:

Students will be able to define the combining forms and prefixes/suffixes related to the Male Reproductive System. Bellwork: Answer in your notebook or piece of paper

Bellwork 1: Bellwork 2:

What is a prefix? What is a suffix? What does the prefix “pub/o” mean? Bellwork Questions/Answers

Bellwork 1: What is a prefix? What is a suffix? -A prefix is a word part that goes at the beginning of a term, the suffix is a word part that goes at the end of a term.

Bellwork 2: What does the prefix “pub/o” mean? -pubis Use the internet to define the following Combining Forms Write the definitions in your notebook or piece of paper

1) Andr/o 2) Balan/o

3) Epididym/o 4) Orch/o, Orchi/o, Orchid/o

5) Prostat/o 6) Sperm/o, spermat/o

7) Test/o, Testicul/o 8) Vas/o

9) Vesicul/o Combining form Meanings: Did they match?

1) Andr/o = Male 2) Balan/o = Glans penis 3) Epididym/o = Epididymis 4) Orch/o, Orchi/o, Orchid/o = Testis, Testicle 5) Prostat/o = prostate 6) Sperm/o, spermat/o = sperm, spermatozoon 7) Test/o, Testicul/o = testis, testicle 8) Vas/o = duct, vessel, vas deferens 9) Vesicul/o = fluid-filled sac (seminal vesicle) Practice 1

Answer these in your notebook or piece of paper

Combining Form Practice Use the internet to find the meaning for the Prefixes/Suffixes Prefixes Suffixes An- -cele Andro- -genesis Crypt- -ism -lith -lysis -pathy -pexy -plasty -rrhea -stomy -tomy Answers

Prefixes Suffixes An- without, not -cele-herniation, protrusion Andro- masculine, male -genesis-originating, producing Crypt- hidden -ism-condition of -lith- stone, calculus -lysis- destruction, breakdown, separation -pathy- disease -pexy -surgical fixation -plasty -surgical repair, reconstruction -rrhea -flow, discharge -stomy -surgical opening -tomy -incision Practice 2

Answer these questions in your notebook or piece of paper

Prefix/Suffix Practice Additional Practice

Male Reproductive System Practice

Vocabulary

Word Search