Authors: Cindy Destafano and Fran Federman

Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics is a dynamic worktext-and-multimedia program that delivers a streamlined, activity-oriented approach to teaching students the terms they need to know to be successful in a health sciences career. Organized by body systems, the worktext covers essential root words, prefixes, and suffixes and summarizes common diseases and disorders, diagnostic tests and procedures, and therapeutic treatments. Activities and assessments are interspersed throughout the text to reinforce students’ knowledge and understanding of medical terms and their meanings. When students have completed the worktext, they should be able to accurately label anatomical diagrams; build, dissect, and define terminology related to the body systems; correctly spell and pronounce medical terms; identify common medical abbreviations and acronyms; and interpret medical records.

Table of Contents

Abbreviated Contents

Medical Terminology: Mastering the Basics, 1st Edition

• Welcome to Medical Terminology
• Front Matter
• 1 - Introduction to Medical Terminology
• 2 - The Integumentary System
• 3 - The Digestive System
• 4 - The Musculoskeletal System
• 5 - The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
• 6 - Special Sensory Organs: Eye and Ear
• 7 - The Nervous System
• 8 - The Male and Female Reproductive Systems
• 9 - The Respiratory System
• 10 - The Cardiovascular System
• 11 - The Endocrine System
• 12 - The Urinary System
• Appendix A Medical Word Elements
• Appendix B Medical Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Photo Credits
• Index