Full Description
Medical Terminologyterminology not as words to be memorized but as a language to be learned and teaches students to break down words into their composite word parts. Instead of a dictionary full of terms that need to be memorized, a student equipped with groups of roots, prefixes, and suffixes can easily understand a vast amount of medical terminology regardless of how long or short their med term course is.Medical Terminology: An Accelerated Approach bridges the gap between the two fields that make up medical terminology-medicine and second-language acquisition. It provided assistance in language skills to equip health care professionals to use and understand medical terminology and gives them real-world examples that make their knowledge applicable to working in the world of health care.
Contents
1. Introduction to Medical Language 2. Introduction to Health Records 3. The Integumentary System-Dermatology 4. The Musculoskeletal System-Orthopedics 5. The Nervous System-Neurology and Psychiatry 6. The Sensory System-Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology 7. The Endocrine System-Endocrinology 8. The Blood and Lymphatic Systems-Hematology and Immunology 9. The Cardiovascular System-Cardiology 10. The Respiratory System-Pulmonology 11. The Gastrointestinal System-Gastroenterology 12. The Urinary and Male Reproductive Systems-Urology13. The Female Reproductive System-Gynecology, Obstetrics, and NeonatologyNER(01): WOW