For courses in medical terminology in any health-related or nursing program.
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This comprehensive, proven text offers a logical, simple system for learning medical vocabulary primarily by building terms from word parts. It first introduces medical terminology and its essential suffixes and prefixes; then guides students logically through each key body system, working from the outside (integumentary system) inward, and from simple systems to complex. Additional specialty chapters cover oncology, radiology and nuclear medicine, and mental health. Updated throughout, this Seventh Edition¡¯s many new learning features include: ¡°at-a-glance¡± A&P tables; tables of combining forms with meanings; color-coded word parts; new labeling exercises; and 17 new practical applications using realistic medical records.
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1. Introduction to Medical Terminology
2. Suffixes
3. Prefixes
4. Organization of the Body
5. Integumentary System
6. Skeletal System
7. Muscular System
8. Digestive System
9. Cardiovascular System
10. Blood and Lymphatic System
11. Respiratory System
12. Urinary System
13. Endocrine System
14. Nervous System
15. Special Senses: The Ear
16. Special Senses: The Eye
17. Female Reproductive System with an Overview of Obstetrics
18. Male Reproductive System
19. Oncology
20. Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
21. Mental Health
Appendix I. Answer Key
Appendix II. Glossary of Word Parts
Appendix III. Abbreviations and Symbols
Appendix IV. Laboratory Reference Values
Index