The perfect text for a shorter medical terminology course, Basic Medical Language, 6th Edition provides the foundation you need to confidently communicate with other members of your health care team. This basic medical vocabulary text focuses on building word skills by explaining a carefully selected group of suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms to provide the basis for recognizing and defining hundreds of medical terms. Clear, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, introducing word parts and providing review exercises that ask you to define terms or combine word parts to create terms. The new edition of this text also reinforces what you’ve learned with case studies, images, exercises and carefully crafted Evolve resources.
1. Lesson 1 Introduction to Medical Language, Body Structure, and Oncology - p. 1 2. Lesson 2 Directional Terms, Positions, and Imaging - p. 29 3. Lesson 3 Integumentary System, Colors, and Plural Endings - p. 51 4. Lesson 4 Respiratory System - p. 80 5. Lesson 5 Urinary System - p. 117 6. Lesson 6 Reproductive Systems - p. 148 7. Lesson 7 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems - p. 182 8. Lesson 8 Digestive System - p. 218 9. Lesson 9 Eye and Ear - p. 257 10. Lesson 10 Musculoskeletal System - p. 287 11. Lesson 11 Nervous System and Behavioral Health - p. 329 12. Lesson 12 Endocrine System - p. 363 13. Appendix A Word Parts Used in Basic Medical Language - p. 384 14. Appendix B Abbreviations - p. 389 15. Appendix C Answer Key - p. 399 16. Appendix D Pharmacology Terms - p. e1 17. Appendix E Health Information Technology Terms - p. e5 18. Illustration Credits - p. 419 19. Index - p. 421 20. Common Terminology - p. 430 21. Flash Cards - p. 431
The perfect text for a shorter medical terminology course, Basic Medical Language, 6th Edition provides the foundation you need to confidently communicate with other members of your health care team. This basic medical vocabulary text focuses on building word skills by explaining a carefully selected group of suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms to provide the basis for recognizing and defining hundreds of medical terms. Clear, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, introducing word parts and providing review exercises that ask you to define terms or combine word parts to create terms. The new edition of this text also reinforces what you’ve learned with case studies, images, exercises and carefully crafted Evolve resources.
1. Lesson 1 Introduction to Medical Language, Body Structure, and Oncology - p. 1 2. Lesson 2 Directional Terms, Positions, and Imaging - p. 29 3. Lesson 3 Integumentary System, Colors, and Plural Endings - p. 51 4. Lesson 4 Respiratory System - p. 80 5. Lesson 5 Urinary System - p. 117 6. Lesson 6 Reproductive Systems - p. 148 7. Lesson 7 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems - p. 182 8. Lesson 8 Digestive System - p. 218 9. Lesson 9 Eye and Ear - p. 257 10. Lesson 10 Musculoskeletal System - p. 287 11. Lesson 11 Nervous System and Behavioral Health - p. 329 12. Lesson 12 Endocrine System - p. 363 13. Appendix A Word Parts Used in Basic Medical Language - p. 384 14. Appendix B Abbreviations - p. 389 15. Appendix C Answer Key - p. 399 16. Appendix D Pharmacology Terms - p. e1 17. Appendix E Health Information Technology Terms - p. e5 18. Illustration Credits - p. 419 19. Index - p. 421 20. Common Terminology - p. 430 21. Flash Cards - p. 431
