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5. Study the meaning of the prefixes:

epi - above; on

extra - out: out of

hypo - under; beneath, less, than

intra – in, within

par(a) - other, than; apart from

sub - under; beneath

Form new words with the above mentioned prefixes and translate them:

epi-: dural

extra-: corporal

hypo-: dermic, tensive, sensitive

intra-: muscular, venous, cavitary, osseous, thecai

par(a)-: enteral, psychological, medical

sub-: cutaneous, lingual, mucosal

UNIT 4

Health professionals in the uk

Community health

The health of the community depends on a large number of people other than medical practitioners and nurses. They are called allied health professionals. An allied health professional is a person who obtains a qualification in health sciences, being registered by the Council. The Allied health professional’s council was established by an Act of Parliament in 1996.

Allied health professionals can be grouped under the following:

  • Physiotherapists (physios) help people to move, to do exercises or treat their body with heat or massage treatment by manipulating muscles and joints with the hands.

  • Occupational therapists (OTs) help disabled people to perform tasks at home and at work. A disability is a physical or mental condition that makes it difficult to live normally, for example blindness or deafness.

  • Social workers helppeople to solve their social and family problems,for example poor housing or unemployment.

  • Chiropodists, also known as podiatrists, treat conditions of affected feet.

Technical specialists

There are numerous technicians working with scientific equipment - such as radiographers, who are known as X-ray technicians. Ambulance technicians work in the emergency medicine service. An ambulance technician with more advanced qualifications is called a paramedic.

Prosthetists and orthotists

Prosthetists and orthotists provide care for anyone who needs an artificial limb, (a prosthesis), or a device to support or control part of the body (an orthosis). They also advise on rehabilitation - helping patients return to normal life and work after treatment.

Prosthetists perform artificial replacements for patients who have had an amputation or were born without a limb.

Orthotists support patients with a range of splints and other devices to aid movement, correct deformity from an abnormal development of part of the body, for example club foot (talipes), and relieve pain.

Optician specialists

Opticians test eyesight and prescribe glasses (also known as spectacles)and contact lenses, when it is necessary. The examination covers measuring intraocular pressure - the pressure of fluid inside the eye - and examining the retina. If the optician reveals an eye disease, such as glaucoma, they refer the patient to their GP for care. The GP may then refer the patient to an ophthalmologist, a doctor who specializes in diseases of the eye. UK law requires that spectacles and contact lenses should be made according to an eye test, which must have been administered by a qualified optometrist or ophthalmologist.