Main description:

A knowledge of medical terminology is essential for employment in many health care professions. This attractive and easy to use self-teaching text provides a simple, interactive and comprehensive guide to the language of medicine. Following a brief introduction to the basic components of medical words, each unit deals with a different body system and follows a standard plan:
Word exercises
An anatomy exercise based on an illustration
A case history
Medical notes
A word check
A self assessment
By breaking words into their component parts and applying knowledge through exercises and examples from patient care, the reader learns how words are formed and becomes familiar with the common roots and suffixes of medical words as well as how they will be encountered in practice. In addition the text provides a comprehensive glossary and a list of common abbreviations.

Contents:

How to use this book
Introduction
UNIT 1 Levels of organization
UNIT 2 The digestive system
UNIT 3 The respiratory system
UNIT 4 The cardiovascular system
UNIT 5 The blood
UNIT 6 The lymphatic system and immunology
UNIT 7 The urinary system
UNIT 8 The nervous system
UNIT 9 The eye
UNIT 10 The ear
UNIT 11 The skin
UNIT 12 The nose and mouth
UNIT 13 The muscular system
UNIT 14 The skeletal system
UNIT 15 The male reproductive system
UNIT 16 The female reproductive system
UNIT 17 The endocrine system
UNIT 18 Radiology and nuclear medicine
UNIT 19 Oncology
UNIT 20 Anatomical position
UNIT 21 Pharmacology and microbiology
UNIT 22 Final self-assessment tests
Answers to word exercises
Answers to self-assessment tests
Abbreviations
Glossary