Synopses & Reviews
This textbook presents a quick and easy approach to learning medical terminology. The consistently formatted chapter and word tables focus on memorizing word parts and learning medical terminology from word building. Students are introduced to terminology related to structure and function, diseases and disorders, abbreviations, medical specialties, and health professions. A multitude of exercises including medical record, image labeling, spelling, and others are included to ensure mastery of the language. This updated and completely redesigned Second Edition features enhancements in the art program and chapter exercises, expanded content on pathologies and pharmacology, and new appendices on abbreviations, medical word parts, and error-prone abbreviations. The all-new Student Resource suite includes a question bank with a variety of exercise types, games and puzzles, flashcards (including build-your-own), a glossary, animations, chapter quizzes, and final exam. A customized online course, compatible with WebCT and Blackboard, with chapter overviews, flash cards, interactive review exercises, and chapter quizzes is also available.
Synopsis
Enhanced Reprint! Designed for self-instruction or classroom use, this quick and easy textbook is ideally suited for one- or two-credit medical terminology courses. The text is brief yet sufficiently comprehensive to give users a sound understanding of terminology. Part One covers the basics of word analysis, word parts, and word building; Part Two focuses on the major body systems. Each chapter includes word tables, review exercises, and illustrations.
The enhanced bonus CD-ROM bound into this reprint now includes Stedman's Medical Terminology Flash Cards, in addition to a 1,500-term pronunciation glossary, interactive exercises, and a final exam. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online faculty support and student tutoring services are available free with each text.
Synopsis
Designed for self-instruction or classroom use, this enhanced reprint is ideally suited for one- or two-credit medical terminology courses. The text is brief yet sufficiently comprehensive to give users a sound understanding of terminology. Includes an enhanced bonus CD-ROM.
Synopsis
Enhanced Reprint! Designed for self-instruction or classroom use, this quick and easy textbook is ideally suited for one- or two-credit medical terminology courses. The text is brief yet sufficiently comprehensive to give users a sound understanding of terminology. Part One covers the basics of word analysis, word parts, and word building; Part Two focuses on the major body systems. Each chapter includes word tables, review exercises, and illustrations.
The enhanced bonus CD-ROM bound into this reprint now includes Stedman's Medical Terminology Flash Cards, in addition to a 1,500-term pronunciation glossary, interactive exercises, and a final exam. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology online faculty support and student tutoring services are available free with each text.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Anatomy of Medical Terms
Chapter 1: Analyzing Medical Terms
Chapter 2: Suffixes
Chapter 3: Prefixes
Chapter 4: Building Medical Terms
Part II: The Medical Terms of Anatomy
Chapter 5: Anatomical Systems Chapter 6: The Eye Chapter 7: The Ear
Chapter 8: Integumentary System Anatomy
Chapter 9: Integumentary System Word Building
Chapter 10: The Skeletal System
Chapter 11: Skeletal System Word Building
Chapter 12: The Muscular System
Chapter 13: Muscular System Word Building
Chapter 14: The Heart
Chapter 15: The Blood and Blood Vessels
Chapter 16: Blood and Vascular System Word Building
Chapter 17: The Respiratory System
Chapter 18: Respiratory System Word Building
Chapter 19: The Digestive System
Chapter 20: Digestive System Word Building
Chapter 21: The Nervous System
Chapter 22: Nervous System Word Building
Chapter 23: The Endocrine System
Chapter 24: The Immune System
Chapter 25: The Urinary System
Chapter 26: The Reproductive System
Chapter 27: Reproductive System Word Building
Part III: The Branches of Medicine
Chapter 28: Additional Medical Specialties
Chapter 29: Terminology of Some Prominent Allied Health Disciplines
Chapter 30: Final Exam Index and Glossary