When you complete this study unit, you’ll be able to:
• Explain how root words, prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms function in medical terms
• Define many of the most common suffixes, roots, and prefixes
• Determine the meaning of a given medical term by analyzing its parts
• Describe the basic structures of the human body and what they do
• Identify the anatomical position, directional terms, planes of section, quadrants, and regions
