TEACH Lesson Plan
CHABNER: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
6 Additional Suffixes and Digestive
System Terminology
CHAPTER LESSON PLANS & OBJECTIVES
Lesson 6.1: Suffixes, Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures, and Practical Applications
1. Define new suffixes and use them to form terms related to the digestive system.
CHAPTER TEACHING FOCUS
• Students will be introduced to a list of suffixes that commonly relate to the gastrointestinal system.
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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.
Complete the following:
Give the meanings for the following suffixes:
1) -pepsia ___________________________________________
5) -rrhagia __________________________________________
6) -phagia __________________________________________
7) -plasty ___________________________________________
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CHAPTER PRETEST ANSWERS
1) digestion
p. 188
5) bursting forth of blood
p. 189
6) eating, swallowing
p. 188
7) surgical repair
p. 188
11) stop, control
p. 189
12) separation, destruction
p. 111
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Classroom Preparation
Lesson 6.1: Suffixes, Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures,
and Practical Applications
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
1. Define new suffixes and use them to form terms related to the digestive system.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
Materials and Supplies
• computer
• projector
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Classroom Preparation
Lesson 6.1: Suffixes, Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures,
and Practical Applications
STUDENT PREPARATION (2 hrs)
OBJ
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READ – Textbook (pp. 187-214)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Suffixes (pp. 188-190)
• Terminology (pp. 191–192)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Terms in Context
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
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o Word Parts Glossary
ASSESS
• Evolve Student Resources
o Student Quizzes
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Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 6.1: Suffixes, Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures,
and Practical Applications
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
OBJ
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SLIDES 5-42 (pp. 187-214)
• Defines new suffixes and uses them to form terms related to the digestive system.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
OBJ
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ASSESS BASELINE (20 min)
• Have class members complete the Pretest and the Background Assessment. Collect
their work and use the results to guide how you teach the class.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom, hybrid course, online
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
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PLAY (50+ min)
• Divide the class into three groups and have each choose a contestant for a game
show. Using flash cards or transparencies, show the contestants a variety of suffixes
and combining forms (relating to the digestive system) one at a time. Ask them to
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CREATE (25 min)
• Distribute index cards with one suffix or combining form written on each. Have students
pair up to create a combined-form term. Have the class decide what the new term
means, and if it is an accepted term.
o Examples: Is it an A&P term? Is it a pathology term? Does it refer to the upper
GI system? Does it have a prefix? Students may ask only one question at a
time; then they must answer a question.
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• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
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PRACTICE (15 min)
• Write the names of the various lab tests, clinical procedures, and abbreviations
discussed in this section on slips of paper and place them in a bowl or hat. Have each
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CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Using the suffixes that you have learned in previous chapters, build terms using the combining
forms that were learned in Chapter 5.
Sometimes a suffix functions independently as a medical term. Give two examples of suffixes that
are also terms, and explain how they are used.
Sandra was admitted through the emergency department for a suspected bleeding ulcer. Her
symptoms included gastralgia, dyspepsia, and hematemesis. What is the suffix that would tell you
that she had been vomiting?
Discussion Guidelines: Hemat/o means blood and -emesis means vomiting. Hematemesis means that
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Assessments
Chapter 6: Additional Suffixes and Digestive System
Terminology
ASSESSMENTS BY OBJECTIVE
Test Bank
• Create a quiz using Exam View or Word; sort by topic as appropriate.
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Exercises
o Term-Building
o Medical Matching
Evolve Student Resources
• Student Quizzes
Medical Terminology Online with Adaptive Learning
Textbook
• Exercises (pp. 202-207)
Test Bank