Medical Terminology: A Programmed Systems Approach / Edition 10

by Jean Tannis Dennerll

Overview

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E is your number one resource for learning medical terminology. Enhanced with innovative built-in tools to make learning easier, interactive exercises, and extensive improvements that reflect the most accurate, up-to-date industry terms today, makes this book an industry leading resource. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E uses a unique word-building programmed approach that will teach you to break down key medical terms into their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. This programmed-learning format requires active participation through reading, writing, answering questions, labeling, repetition, and providing immediate feedback. With engaging review activities, back-of-the-book flash cards, and an accompanying CD-ROM with interactive learning activities, this book provides a complete package for building a comprehensive entry-level knowledge of medical language for readers with little or no previous experience. Now in its 10th edition, this book is a proven resource that is easy and fun to use. Teaching medical terminology has never been easier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901435438896
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	11/04/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	648
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jean Tannis Dennerll, BS, CMA is the Department Chair for Allied Health at Jackson Community College in Jackson, Michigan.


Deceased

Table of Contents

Unit 1 The Word-Building System-Introduction to Word Parts Including Word Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes, Parts of Speech, and Plural Formation. Unit 2 Surgical Suffixes, Dermatology, Hematology and Diagnostic Imaging. Unit 3 Oncology and the Central Nervous System. Unit 4 Orthopedics, Osteopathy, and Body Regions. Unit 5 Pathology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Prefixes dys, brady, tachy, poly, syn. Unit 6 Urology and Gynecology. Unit 7 Gastroenterology. Unit 8 Neurology Psychology, Anesthesiology, and Vascular Terminology. Unit 9 Anatomic Terms. Unit 10 Surgery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions, and Prefixes of Numbers and Direction. Unit 11 Descriptive Prefixes, Asepsis, and Pharmacology. Unit 12 Prefixes of Location and Medication Administration. Unit 13 Respiratory System and Pulmonology. Unit 14 Word Parts for Night, Sleep, Split, Skeletal System, and Orthopedics. Unit 15 Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, and Medical Specialties. Appendix A ISMP's List of Error Prone-Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations. Appendix B Abbreviations. Appendix C Additional Word Parts. Appendix D Glossary of Proper Names of Diseases and Procedures. Appendix E Answers to Unit Review Activities and Case Studies. Appendix F Puzzle Solutions Index of Terms Index of Word Parts Learned.