Medical terminology for dummies
By: by Beverley Henderson, CMT-R, HRT, and Jennifer Dorsey
Contributors: Dorsey, Jennifer, author
Edition: 2nd edition.
Series: For dummies; --For dummies
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781118944042
Subjects: Medicine; Terminology
Description: Henderson and Dorsey show you the easiest way to remember unfamiliar, tongue-twisting words in the medical field. They break down the words you'll encounter in your medical terminology course, and help you master definitions, pronunciations, and applications across all medical fields.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Living for linguistics. Scrubbing in to master medical terminology ; Medical terminology : the how and why ; Introducing the big three : prefixes, roots, and suffixes ; Acronyms, eponyms, homonyms, multiples, and plurals; title: oh my! ; Say what? : pronunciation and usage; title: Mapping words and bodies. As it was in the beginning : prefixes ; So it shall be in the end : suffixes ; Hey, I know you : word recognition ; Deconstruction junction : breaking down words ; An org chart to live by : organization of the body ; All systems go: when systems combine; title: In terms of anatomy. Boning up on the skeletal system ; Getting ripped : the muscular system ; Skin deep : skin, glands, nails, and hair ; It depends on your perception : the sensory systems; title: Let's get some physiology terminology. The heart of the matter : the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems ; Just breathe : the respiratory system ; Feeding time : the gastrointestinal system ; Gatekeepers of health : the endocrine system ; Calming down : the nervous system; title: Name that plumbing. When you gotta go : the urinary system ; Checking the plumbing : the male reproductive system ; A life force: the female reproductive system; title: The part of tens. Ten essential medical terminology references ; Ten or so useful mnemonic devices ; Ten sets of terminology tongue-twisting diseases; title: Appendix. Prefixes and suffixes.