Full Description
Medical Terminology from Head to Toe takes away the intimidation factor that is thought to accompany medical terminology. This book builds up a strategy for breaking down these complex terms into the basic building blocks of terminology and, from there, building them up into understanding medical definitions. Then, distinguishing cardiomalacia, cardiomegaly, and cardiometry becomes a breeze, and confronting a word like hepatocholangioenterostomy no longer will fill the reader with dread.
The emphasis here is firmly on understanding medical terminology. This book does not pretend to teach you to become a physician, a medical biller, or a sports therapist; but it does teach you an understanding of the medical terminology that is common to all these fields. Whatever area of health care you are in, or plan to be in, this book can work for anyone.
Contents
1. Breaking Down Medical Terms, Building Up Medical Definitions
2. Using Prefixes, Bases, and Suffixes to Describe the Body
3. Head
4. Skin, Hair, and Nails
5. Eyes
Review of Chapters 1-5
6. Ears
7. Nose
8. Mouth
9. Throat and Neck
10. Shoulders and Arms
Review of Chapters 6-10
11. Hands and Fingers
12. Chest, Back, and Spine
13. Lungs
14. Heart, Blood, Lymph, and Spleen
15. Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
Review of Chapters 11-15
16. Stomach
17. Abdomen and the Digestive Organs
18. Kidneys and Bladder
19. Female Reproductive Parts
20. Male Reproductive Parts
Review of Chapters 16-20
21. Hips and Legs
22. Feet and Toes
23. Greek and Latin Terminology: Singular and Plural Nouns
24. Latin Anatomical Terminology
25. Latin Anatomical Terminology Examples
Review of Chapters 21-25
Final Review
Index
