Full Description
Medical Language for Modern Health Care uses a contextual learning approach to introduce medical terminology within a healthcare environment. Chapters are broken into lessons that present and define terminology through the context of anatomy and physiology, pathology, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures as well as pharmacology.
Contents
1 The Anatomy of Medical Terms
2 Word Analysis and Communication
3 The Body as a Whole
4 Integumentary System
5 Digestive System
6 Urinary System
7 Male Reproductive System
8 Female Reproductive System
9 Nervous System
10 Cardiovascular System
11 Blood
12 Lymphatic and Immune System
13 Respiratory System
14 Skeletal System
15 Muscles and Tendons, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR)
16 Special Senses of the Eye and Ear
17 Endocrine System
18 Mental Health
19 Geriatrics
20 Cancer
21 Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
22 Pharmacology
