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CHABNER: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
15 Musculoskeletal System
CHAPTER LESSON PLANS & OBJECTIVES
Lesson 15.1: Bones
1. Define terms relating to the structure and function of bones.
Lesson 15.2: Joints
6. Define terms relating to the structure and function of joints.
Lesson 15.3: Muscles, Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures, Abbreviations, and Practical
Applications
9. Define terms relating to the structure and function of muscles.
10. Analyze the combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes used to describe muscles.
CHAPTER TEACHING FOCUS
• Students will have the opportunity to learn about the musculoskeletal system, which includes the
bones, muscles, and joints of the body.
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CHAPTER PRETEST
Have the students answer these questions prior to covering this chapter to understand where they stand
in relation to the content.
Give meanings for the following terms:
1) Condyle ____________________________________
4) Trochanter __________________________________
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CHAPTER PRETEST ANSWERS
1) knuckle-like projection
p. 583
4) large process on femur for attachment of muscles
p. 583
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Classroom Preparation
Lesson 15.1: Bones
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
1. Define terms relating to the structure and function of bones.
5. Explain various musculoskeletal disease conditions and terms related to bone fractures.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
• Select class activities and assignments.
Materials and Supplies
• computer
• projector
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Classroom Preparation
Lesson 15.1: Bones
STUDENT PREPARATION (2 hrs)
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READ – Textbook (pp. 579-652)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 596–600)
• Terminology-Joints (pp. 606–607)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Spelling Bee
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Answers to Pronunciation of Terms
o Games
▪ Concentration
▪ Medical Mix
▪ Million Dollar Pyramid
▪ Termbusters
▪ Wheel of Terminology
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Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
ASSESS
• Evolve Student Resources
o Student Quizzes
WATCH
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Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 15.1: Bones
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
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SLIDES 6-78 (pp. 579-652)
• Defines terms relating to the structure and function of bones.
• Describes the process of bone formation and growth.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
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ASSESS BASELINE (20 min)
• Have class members complete the Pretest and the Background Assessment. Collect
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DISCUSS (30 min)
• As a class, discuss the Background Assessment and Critical Thinking Question below.
• Discuss the Instructor’s Resource Manual Diagram Quiz. Fill out labels of the diagram
as a class.
• Have a member of the class borrow a human skeleton from a local medical or dental
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POST & COMMENT
• Post the Critical Thinking Question below and have students post their responses and
comment on each other’s posts.
• For each pathological condition of the bones, have students comment on the types of
treatments that are used to alleviate the condition or treat the discomfort.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom, hybrid course, online
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CREATE (20 min)
• In small groups, have students draw charts outlining the formation of bones. They
should begin with a fetus and show how bones form from cartilaginous tissue and grow
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional Classroom, flipped classroom
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PRACTICE (20 min)
• Have students use sticky notes to identify the bones on the skeleton. If more than one
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DEMONSTRATE (10 min)
• Ask students to research the processes and depressions in bones that are palpable
directly or indirectly during a physical examination. Have them demonstrate these to
the class.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
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analyze, define, and underline the accented syllable in each term.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
ANALYZE (20 min)
• Read the definitions of the vocabulary terms in the text. Ask them to spell and
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PLAY (20 min)
• Have students make flash cards to use in a Password game using the bones of the
body. On the back of each card, list the major function of the bone and its location.
Divide the class into groups of four. Have students in each group of four pair off. Each
pair plays against another pair as in the game Password. The student trying to extract
the word only has to give the definition on the card. If the answering student does not
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PRESENT
• Write out the names of each of the eight pathological conditions and fractures on flash
cards. Have students draw a card and see if they can describe the condition and its
treatment. If the student cannot, have other class members help out.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Sarah is a freshman high school student who is also holding down a 20–hour-a-week job. She
drinks diet cola several times a day to keep her energized without adding calories, and she has
given up all dairy products as part of her newly embraced vegan diet. At a routine checkup, her
physician warned against excessive soda consumption and recommended that she add more
sources of calcium to her diet. Why?
Discussion Guidelines: As a teenager, Sarah is still growing and her bones are still developing. A lack
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Classroom Preparation
Lesson 15.2: Joints
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
6. Define terms relating to the structure and function of joints.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
• Select class activities and assignments.
Materials and Supplies
• computer
• projector
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Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 15.2: Joints
STUDENT PREPARATION (4 hrs)
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READ – Textbook (pp. 579-652)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 596–600)
• Terminology-Joints (pp. 606–607)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Spelling Bee
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Answers to Pronunciation of Terms
o Audio Glossary
o Body Spectrum Electronic Coloring Book
▪ Musculoskeletal
o Definitions Glossary