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Unit 5

Unit 5. Female Reproductive System Obstetrics and Neonatology. DB for Unit 5. You will be assisting the nurse practitioner at this week's women's health clinic education hour. The clients range in age from 14 to 80.

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Unit 5

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  1. Unit 5 Female Reproductive System Obstetrics and Neonatology

  2. DB for Unit 5 • You will be assisting the nurse practitioner at this week's women's health clinic education hour. The clients range in age from 14 to 80. • To prepare, please research some women's physical health issues, such as menstrual problems, first trimester morning sickness, ectopic pregnancy, menopause, lactation, and uterine fibroids. Using your knowledge of medical terminology create understandable explanations for these issues. Your explanation should include the proper names for anatomical structures, an explanation of what is occurring. Include definitions that will help the participants to understand what those terms mean. • Be certain to include references for your information; you will probably want to go beyond our text for this information. We will be looking for medical terms combined with understandable explanations.You may want to start your post something like: "Good morning, ladies", or "Good morning, Ellen, I understand you are having some concerns about..."

  3. Unit 5 Project • This project allows you to show your mastery of medical terminology and abbreviations. • Download the Unit 5 Project Template from DocSharing, save it, and submit it as directed at the end of this post. • Directions: • There are four sections in to the Unit 5 Project. Each section is worth 25 points. You may use your text, medical dictionaries or web resources to assist you in your med term search. • Section One - Supply the correct prefix. • Section Two -Supply several word roots, and then to “translate” from the patient to the health care professional. • Sections Three - Supply the correct suffix or word root. • Section Four - Proofread a short medical report and then identify and correct misspellings or misuse of medical terminology

  4. Seminar • Come to seminar prepared to discuss women's health. Find a magazine that contains an article about a women’s health issue. • Be prepared to share five terms used in the article and the explanations in patient language that were used. 

  5. Chapter 8 Female Reproductive System Terms

  6. Chapter 8 Female Reproductive System Terms • arche/o = First or Beginning • cervic/o; trachel/o (meaning neck or neck like) = Cervix • colp/o; vagin/o = Vagina • culd/o = Cul-de-sac • episi/o; vulv/o = Vulva (external anatomy for a woman) • gynec/o; gyn/o = Woman • hymen/o = Hymen • hyster/o; metr/o; metri/o; or uter/o = Uterus • mast/o; mamm/o = Breast • men/o = Menstruation • oophor/o = Ovary • perine/o = Perineum (area between the vaginal and anal openings) • salping/o = Uterine tube or Fallopian tube

  7. Chapter 8 Female Reproductive System Terms • Prefixes: • Peri- = surrounding • pericolpitis • Suffixes: • -atresia = absence of a normal body opening; occlusion; closure • hyster/atresia • -ial = pertaining to • myometrial • -salpinx = uterine/fallopian tube • hydrosalpinx • hematosalpinx • Abbreviations are found on page 337.

  8. Chapter 9 Obstetrics and Neonatology Terms

  9. Chapter 9 Obstetrics and Neonatology Terms • amni/o; amnion/o = Amnion, amniotic fluid • chori/o = Chorion(outermost layer of fetal membrane) • embry/o = Embryo; to be full • fet/o; fet/i= Fetus; unborn child • gravid/o = Pregnancy • lact/o = Milk • nat/o = Birth • omphal/o = Umbilicus; naval • par/o; part/o = Bear; give birth to; labor; childbirth • Examples: nulliparus, intrapartum • puerper/o = Childbirth • cephal/o = Head • esophag/o = Esophagus (tube from mouth to stomach) • pelv/o; pelv/i= Pelvic bone; pelvis

  10. Chapter 9 Obstetrics and Neonatology Terms • prim/i = First • Examples: primigravida ; primipara • These numbers can be different for the same woman. One can be pregnant 5 times (gravida 5) but only give birth to 2 viable children (para 2). Or pregnant once (gravida 1) and give birth to 6 children (para 6). • pseud/o = false • pylor/o = pylorus (pyloric sphincter of the stomach) • terat/o = malformations (teratoma are tumors that usually have teeth and hair inside them!) • Abbreviations are found on page 383.

  11. Chapter 9 Obstetrics and Neonatology Terms • Prefixes: • Ante-; pre- = before Examples: antepartum and prenatal • Micro- = small Examples: microcephaly • Multi- = many • Nulli- = none Examples: nulligravida • Post- = after Examples: postpartum • Suffixes: • -amnios = amnion, amniotic fluid • -cyesis = pregnancy Examples: salpingocyesis • -e and -is = noun suffix, no meaning • -partum = childbirth, labor • -rrhexis = rupture Examples: hysterorrhexis • -tocia = birth, labor Examples: dystocia • -um and -us = noun suffix, no meaning

  12. Seminar Discussion • Come to seminar prepared to discuss women's health. Find a magazine that contains an article about a women’s health issue. • Be prepared to share five terms used in the article and the explanations in patient language that were used. 

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