CLASSICS 2MT3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Umbilical Cord, Umbel, Classical Compound

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Classics
• Course: CLASSICS 2MT3
• Professor: Stephen Russell

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Chapter 2 combining forms used to describe external anatomy: combining forms. Translation man body skin epidermis cell a cell of x joint extremities limb head hair eyelid eye ear nose face face neck neck shoulder arm elbow hand digit chest chest breast breast nipple navel navel buttock knee foot foot. Latin form derma, derm/is epi/derm/is cervix brachi/um thorax mamm/a umbilic/us pes: medical terms are usually analyzed from right to left, as the following exampled indicate. Example 1: micr-o-scop-e micr means small (things); scop means examining; and the e stands for an (instrument for). Thus (cid:862)fa(cid:272)i/o/(cid:272)ephal/alg/ia(cid:863) (cid:272)ould e(cid:395)uall(cid:455) (cid:449)ell (cid:271)e t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slated (cid:862)pai(cid:374) i(cid:374) the fa(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d head(cid:863) (cid:894)that is, (cid:449)ith the (cid:272)oo(cid:396)di(cid:374)ate ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts in reverse order). Nevertheless, because the majority of medical words contain one or more subordinated parts, you should always translate even coordinating words from right to left. Common sense will usually determine if this is the case.