LearnSmart Access Card for MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: Language for Health Care

by Thierer, Nina; Nelson, Deb; Ward, Judy; Young, La Tonya

• ISBN13: 9780077772079
• ISBN10: 0077772075
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2012-12-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

LearnSmart uses revolutionary adaptive technology to build a learning experience unique to each student’s individual needs. It starts by identifying the topics a student knows and does not know. As the student progresses, LearnSmart adapts and adjusts the content based on his or her individual strengths, weaknesses and confidence, ensuring that every minute spent studying with LearnSmart is the most efficient and productive study time possible.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Program

1 Learning Terminology

2 Prefixes and Suffixes in Medical Terms

3 Body Structure

4 The Integumentary System

5 The Musculoskeletal System

6 The Cardiovascular system

7 The Respiratory System

8 The Nervous System

9 The Urinary System

10 The Female Reproductive System

11 The Male Reproductive System

12 The Blood System

13 The Lymphatic and Immune Systems

14 The Digestive System

15 The Endocrine System

16 The Sensory System

17 Human Development

18 Terms in Oncology—Cancer and Its Causes

19 Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery

20 Terms in Psychiatry

21 Terms in Dental Practice

22 Terms in Pharmacology

23 Terms in Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Appendix A—Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Appendix B—Abbreviations—Ones to Use and Ones to Avoid

Appendix C—English Glossary

Appendix D—Spanish Glossary

Appendix E—Normal Laboratory Values

Appendix F-Medical Terminology Style

Index