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Component 3 Unit 5 Application Activities

Component 3/Unit 5 Application Activities

Suggested Student Application Activities

Instructor Guidelines for Application Activities

Paper Activities

1. Medical Dictionary Exercise – Cardiovascular System

2. Word Building Exercise – Cardiovascular System

Interactive Activities

MedlinePlus (), a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, offers access to the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary for word searches and correct pronunciation of medical terms.

1. Pronounce the Key Terms using the dictionary available at MedlinePlus

a.

MedlinePlus (), a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, presents interactive health tutorials from the Patient Education Institute. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for a variety of diseases and conditions. Also, learn about surgeries, prevention and wellness. Each tutorial includes animated graphics, audio and easy-to-read language.

2. Diseases and Conditions of the Cardiovascular System:

a.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Angina

Arrhythmias

Atrial Fibrillation

Congestive Heart Failure

Heart Attack

Hypertension

Mitral Value Prolapse

Strokes

Varicose Veins

Vasculitis

3. Tests and Diagnostic Procedures of the Cardiovascular System:

a.

Coronary Angiography and Possible Angioplasty

Echocardiogram

Echocardiography Stress Test

4. Surgical and Treatment Procedures of the Cardiovascular System:

a.

Aorto-bifemoral bypass

Carotid endarterectomy

Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

Heart Value Replacement

Open Heart Surgery – What to Expect

Pacemakers

Stroke Rehabilitation

Instructions to Instructors:

1. Medical Dictionary Exercise

Instructions: This activity enables the students to gain experience with using a medical dictionary to correctly define the various word parts that will enable them to appropriately build medical terms.

Distribute the Medical Dictionary Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

Unit 5 – Medical Dictionary Exercise

Using the PowerPoint presentation, a medical dictionary, the tables provided in Unit 1 (Understanding Medical Words) and Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean from MedlinePlus , define the following word parts.

|WORD PART |DEFINITION |

|angi/o | |

|aorto/o | |

|arteri/o | |

|ather/o | |

|brady- | |

|cardi/o | |

|centesis | |

|-ectomy | |

|embol/o | |

|endo- | |

|-gram | |

|hemangi/o | |

|itis | |

|lysis | |

|litho | |

|my/o | |

|-otomy | |

|peri- | |

|phleb/o | |

|-rrhexis | |

|scler/o | |

|sten/o | |

|-tachy | |

|thromb/o | |

|trans- | |

|ven/o | |

|ventricul/o | |

Unit 5 – Medical Dictionary Exercise - Key

Using the PowerPoint presentation, a medical dictionary, the tables provided in Unit 1 (Understanding Medical Words) and Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean from MedlinePlus , define the following word parts.

|word part |definition |

|angi/o |vessel |

|aorto/o |aorta |

|arteri/o |artery |

|ather/o |fatty substance |

|brady- |slow |

|cardi/o |heart |

|centesis |surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |

|-ectomy |excision or surgical removal |

|embol/o |embolus |

|endo- |within |

|-gram |record; x-ray film |

|hemangi/o |blood vessels |

|itis |inflammation |

|lysis |loosening; dissolution; separating |

|litho |stone |

|my/o |muscle |

|-otomy |cut into or incision |

|peri- |surrounding (outer) |

|phleb/o |vein |

|-rrhexis |rupture |

|scler/o |hardness |

|sten/o |narrowed; blocked |

|-tachy |fast |

|thromb/o |thrombus |

|trans- |through; across; beyond |

|ven/o |vein |

|ventricul/o |ventricle |

2. Word Building Exercise

Instructions: This activity enables the student to identify various word parts and complete the medical term that best fits each definition given.

Distribute the Word Building Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

Unit 5 Cardiovascular System - Word Building Exercise

Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below.  Word parts may be used more than once. NOTE: Many of the terms use more than one combining form. Some may have more than one correct answer.

angi/o aort/o arteri/o ather/o brady-

cardi/o embol/o endo- -gram hemangi/o

my/o peri- phleb/o scler/o sten/o

tachy- thromb/o trans- ven/o ventricul/o

1. Slow heartbeat: ______________cardia

2. Incision into a vein: ____________tomy

3. Rupture of a blood vessel: ________rrhexis

4. Inflammation of an artery: ______itis

5. Removal of an embolus from a vessel: ____________ectomy

6. Cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the wall of arteries: ____________osis

7. Narrowing that impairs blood flow from left ventricle to aorta: aortic ______________sis

8. Infuse blood or blood products: _____________fuse

9. Surgical puncture of the pericardium: ______________centesis

10. Restore normal sinus rhythm (heartbeat): _______________version

11. Infection or inflammation of heart valves: ________________itis

12. Disease affecting the heart muscle: _________________pathy

13. Multiple angiomata of the blood vessels: ________________omatosis

14. Imaging procedure with injection of contrast medium into the cardiac ventricles: __________gram

15. Breaking up of a thrombus: _________lysis

16. Abnormally rapid heart rate: __________________cardia

17. Aortic rupture: _______clasia

18. Stone in a vein: ______________lith

19. Having a hard or firm texture: _________oid

20. Diagnostic or therapeutic radiography of the blood vessels: _________graphy

Unit 5:  Word Building Exercise

Using the following word parts, complete the word that best fits each definition given below.  Word parts may be used more than once. NOTE: Many of the terms use more than one combining form. Some may have more than one correct answer.

angi/o aort/o arteri/o ather/o brady-

cardi/o embol/o endo- -gram hemangi/o

my/o peri- phleb/o scler/o sten/o

tachy- thromb/o trans- ven/o ventricul/o

1. Slow heartbeat: bradycardia

2. Incision into a vein: venotomy; phlebotomy

3. Rupture of a blood vessel: angiorrhexis

4. Inflammation of an artery: arteritis

5. Removal of an embolus from a vessel: embolectomy

6. Cholesterol-lipid-calcium deposits in the wall of arteries: atherosclerosis

7. Narrowing that impairs blood flow from left ventricle to aorta: aortic stenosis; aortostenosis

8. Infuse blood or blood products: transfuse

9. Surgical puncture of the pericardium: pericardiocentesis

10. Restore normal sinus rhythm (heartbeat): cardioversion

11. Infection or inflammation of heart valves: endocarditis

12. Disease affecting the heart muscle: cardiomyopathy

13. Multiple angiomata of the blood vessels: hemangiomatosis; angiomatosis

14. Imaging procedure with injection of contrast medium into the cardiac ventricles: ventriculogram

15. Breaking up of a thrombus: thrombolysis

16. Abnormally rapid heart rate: tachycardia

17. Aortic rupture: aortoclasia

18. Stone in a vein: phlebolith

19. Having a hard or firm texture: scleroid

20. Diagnostic or therapeutic radiography of the blood vessels: angiography

Interactive Activities

MedlinePlus (), a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, offers access to the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary for word searches and correct pronunciation of medical terms.

1. Pronounce the Key Terms using the dictionary available at MedlinePlus

Instructions:  This activity enables the student to gain experience by using the online medical dictionary to correctly hear and pronounce medical terms appropriate to this unit.

Distribute the Key Terms Pronunciation Exercise to the students either as an in-class or homework assignment.

a.

1. Click on the medical dictionary link under “Health Topics”

2. Enter the key term and click “search”

3. Click on the red “speaker icon” and list to the pronunciation

4. Pronounce the key term and repeat if needed

Angiographic

Arteritis

Atherosclerosis

Bradycardia

Cardiomyopathy

Cardioversion

Embolectomy

Endocarditis

Hemangiomatosis

Pericardiocentesis

Phlebolith

Phlebotomy

Tachycardia

Thrombolysis

Transfuse

Ventriculogram

MedlinePlus (), a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, presents interactive health tutorials from the Patient Education Institute. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for a variety of diseases and conditions. Also, learn about surgeries, prevention and wellness. Each tutorial includes animated graphics, audio and easy-to-read language.

2. Diseases and Conditions of the Cardiovascular System:

Instructions: This activity enables the student to gather additional information regarding the various diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular system.

Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment go to the MedlinePlus Website and complete at least four of these interactive tutorials.

a.

1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm

2. Angina

3. Arrhythmias

4. Atrial Fibrillation

5. Congestive Heart Failure

6. Heart Attack

7. Hypertension

8. Mitral Value Prolapse

9. Strokes

10. Varicose Veins

11. Vasculitis

2. Tests and Diagnostic Procedures of the Cardiovascular System

Instructions: This activity enables the student to gather additional information regarding diagnostic procedures of the cardiovascular system.

Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment complete at least one of these interactive tutorials.

a.

1. Coronary Angiography and Possible Angioplasty

2. Echocardiogram

3. Echocardiography Stress Test

2. Surgical and Treatment Procedures of the Cardiovascular System

Instructions: This activity enables the student to gather additional information regarding surgical procedures of the cardiovascular system.

Have the students either as an in-class or homework assignment complete at least three of these interactive tutorials.

a.

1. Aorto-bifemoral bypass

2. Carotid endarterectomy

3. Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

4. Heart Value Replacement

5. Open Heart Surgery – What to Expect

6. Pacemakers

7. Stroke Rehabilitation

Expected Outcomes for Student Activities

1. Medical Dictionary Exercise

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to utilize a medical dictionary and other resources to research and define word roots, prefixes and suffixes that are common to the cardiovascular system.

2. Word Building Exercise

This activity demonstrates the ability of the student to combine word roots, prefixes, and suffixes to create proper medical terms.

3. Pronounce Key Terms

This activity permits the student to correctly hear and pronounce key terms related to this unit’s body system.

4. Diseases and Conditions of the Cardiovascular System Interactive Tutorials

This activity reinforces information provided in the unit as well as allowing the student to obtain additional information regarding common diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular system. .

5. Tests and Diagnostic Procedures of the Cardiovascular System Interactive Tutorial

This activity reinforces information provided in the unit as well as allowing the student to obtain additional information regarding common diagnostic procedures of the cardiovascular system.

6. Surgical and Treatment Procedures of the Cardiovascular System

This activity reinforces information provided in the unit as well as allowing the student to obtain additional information regarding common diseases and conditions of the cardiovascular system

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