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Abstract
Focusing on basic word building skills, Basic Medical Language, 4th Edition provides the foundation of medical vocabulary you need to communicate with other health care team members. It explains a carefully selected group of suffixes, prefixes, and word roots to give you a basis for learning and understanding hundreds of medical terms. Clear, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, introducing word parts and providing exercises that ask you to define terms or combine word parts to create terms. Written by expert educators Myrna LaFleur Brooks and Danielle LaFleur Brooks, this text also simplifies medical terminology with online learning activities, games, and quizzes.
- Over 200 flash cards packaged free with the text make it easier to memorize terms.
- Clear, conversational approach makes it easier to learn and understand medical terminology.
- Integrated exercises test your knowledge and provide instant feedback on your progress.
- Time Out review sections are included after every four chapters to provide the opportunity to review material at regular intervals.
- Evolve resources include activities, games, an audio program, a 5,000-term English/Spanish med term glossary, and gradable, e-mailable quizzes.
- FYI boxes offer practical information and interesting med term facts.
- NEW terms and definitions keep you up to date with the latest healthcare procedures and advances.
- NEW electronic health record documents provide exposure to the EHRs you will encounter in practice.
- NEW and updated illustrations show difficult terms and procedures more clearly.
- NEW! Gradable exercises on the Evolve companion website allow quick assessment of your understanding and can be easily e-mailed to instructors.
- NEW list of error-prone abbreviations identifies abbreviations that should NOT be used in the clinical setting.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Front Cover | Cover | ||
| Basic Medical Language | i | ||
| Copyright Page | ii | ||
| Table of Contents | v | ||
| Dedication | iii | ||
| Preface | vii | ||
| To the Instructor | xvii | ||
| Contributors, Reviewers, and Advisors | xix | ||
| LESSON 1. Introduction to Medical Language, Body Structure, and Oncology | 1 | ||
| 1 Create an account and register on the Evolve website | 1 | ||
| 2 Define the origins of medical language and the four word parts used to build medical terms | 3 | ||
| 3 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to body structure and oncology | 7 | ||
| 4 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to oncology | 21 | ||
| 5 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to body structure and oncology | 23 | ||
| 6 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 23 | ||
| LESSON 2. Directional Terms, Planes, Regions, and Quadrants | 30 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell directional terms built from word parts | 30 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to anatomic planes and abdominopelvic regions | 40 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations for directional terms and abdominopelvic quadrants | 43 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 45 | ||
| LESSON 3. Integumentary System, Colors, and Plural Endings | 53 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM | 53 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the integumentary system and the denotation of color | 54 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the integumentary system | 64 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the integumentary system and the denotation of color | 68 | ||
| 4 Distinguish plural endings from singular endings | 68 | ||
| 5 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 70 | ||
| LESSON 4. Respiratory System | 77 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 77 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the respiratory system | 79 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the respiratory system | 96 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the respiratory system | 100 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 101 | ||
| REVIEW 1-4. Time Out Review for Lessons 1-4 | 111 | ||
| LESSON 5. Urinary System | 118 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE URINARY SYSTEM | 118 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the urinary system | 119 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the urinary system | 135 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the urinary system | 138 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 139 | ||
| LESSON 6. Reproductive Systems | 148 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS | 148 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the reproductive systems | 150 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the reproductive systems | 167 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the reproductive systems | 172 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 173 | ||
| LESSON 7. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems | 182 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC SYSTEMS | 182 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems | 185 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems | 197 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems | 205 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 206 | ||
| LESSON 8. Digestive System | 213 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM | 213 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the digestive system | 215 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the digestive system | 231 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the digestive system | 236 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 236 | ||
| REVIEW 5-8. Time Out Review for Lessons 5-8 | 245 | ||
| LESSON 9. Eye and Ear | 256 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE EYE AND THE EAR | 256 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the eye and the ear | 259 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the eye and the ear | 271 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the eye and the ear. | 274 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 275 | ||
| LESSON 10. Musculoskeletal System | 282 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM | 282 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the musculoskeletal system | 283 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the musculoskeletal system | 302 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the musculoskeletal system | 308 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 309 | ||
| LESSON 11. Nervous System | 320 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM | 320 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the nervous system | 322 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the nervous system | 334 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the nervous system | 339 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 340 | ||
| LESSON 12. Endocrine System | 348 | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM | 348 | ||
| 1 Define, build, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts related to the endocrine system | 349 | ||
| 2 Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts related to the endocrine system | 355 | ||
| 3 Interpret the meaning of abbreviations related to the endocrine system | 357 | ||
| 4 Use medical language in clinical statements and documents and review lesson content | 358 | ||
| REVIEW 9-12. Time Out Review for Lessons 9-12 | 363 | ||
| APPENDIX A: Word Parts Used in Basic Medical Language | 371 | ||
| APPENDIX B: Abbreviations | 375 | ||
| APPENDIX C: Answers to Exercises | 385 | ||
| APPENDIX D: Additional Word Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes | e1 | ||
| APPENDIX E: Pharmacology Terms | e3 | ||
| APPENDIX F: Health Information Technology Terms | e7 | ||
| APPENDIX G: Behavioral Health Terms | e10 | ||
| APPENDIX H: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies | e14 | ||
| APPENDIX I: Nutritional Terms | e18 | ||
| APPENDIX J: Health Care Delivery Terms | e21 | ||
| Index | 401 |