Exploring Medical Language A Student-Directed Approach, 11th Edition

Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition provides exercisesthat make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve website with games, activities, flashcards and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, and Dale Levinsky, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.Comprehensive coverage of medical terminology creates a distinction between terms built from word parts, which are usually based on Greek or Latin, and those terms NOT built from word parts, which are based on eponyms, acronyms, or terms from modern language.Systematic presentation provides a foundation of word parts (prefix, suffix, word root, and combining vowel), then builds words by combining the parts.Case studies ask you to interpret medical terms used in medical records and to translate everyday language into medical language.Full-color illustrations encourage you to apply the meaning of word parts by labeling anatomical figures.Abbreviations tables introduce abbreviated medical terms related to chapter content, and are supplemented with exercises, flashcards, and practice quizzes.Reviews of word parts and terms provide the practice you absolutely need to define, pronounce, and spell medical terminology.More than 400 flashcards allow you to review word parts whenever and wherever you want.Interactive exercises and games on the Evolve website provide endless opportunities to practice building, hearing, and spelling terms.Medical... Instructions for online access Cover image Title page Table of Contents Copyright Dedication Preface Contributors Reviewers and Advisors Acknowledgments List of Tables List of Illustrations Part 1. Introduction to Word Parts and Human Body Structure 1. Introduction to medical language Introduction to medical terms and medical language Medical terms built from word parts Medical terms not built from word parts Chapter review 2. Body structure, oncology, and laboratory tests Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 3. Directional terms, positions, and imaging Anatomic position Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review Part 2. Body Systems 4. Integumentary system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 5. Respiratory system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 6. Urinary system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 7. Male reproductive system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 8. Female reproductive system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 9. Obstetrics and neonatology Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 10. Cardiovascular, immune, lymphatic systems and blood Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 11. Digestive system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 12. Eye Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 13. Ear Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 14. Musculoskeletal system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 15. Nervous system and behavioral health Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review 16. Endocrine system Anatomy Word parts Medical terms Practical application Chapter review Appendix A: Answer key Appendix B: Combining forms prefixes and suffixes alphabetized by word part Appendix C: Combining forms prefixes and suffixes alphabetized by definition Appendix D: Abbreviations Appendix E: Pharmacology terms Appendix F: Additional combining forms prefixes and suffixes Appendix G: Health care delivery terms Appendix H: Integrative medicine terms Appendix I: Behavioral health terms Appendix J: Clinical research terms Appendix K: Nutrition terms Appendix L: Dental terms Appendix M: Health information technology HIT terms Bibliography Illustration credits Index Inside back cover "Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve website with games, activities, flashcards and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, and Dale Levinsky, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting."