Main description:

Make learning medical terminology faster and more fun with Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 6th Edition! Featuring CDs with interactive games and audio pronunciations, this book helps you begin reading, writing, and speaking medical terms in the shortest time possible. Small chunks of information are always followed immediately by exercises, so students will be learning "every minute!" The many puzzles, activities, and games make it easier to understand and remember terminology. Written in a clear, conversational style by Peggy C. Leonard, MT, MEd, this book gives you the tools to communicate effectively in the health care environment.

Contents:

Table of Contents

SECTION I--Orientation

1 Simplified Medical Language

2 Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy

3 Prefixes and More Combining Forms & Suffixes

4 Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions

5 The Body as a Whole

SECTION II-Organization of the Body and Body Systems

6 The Musculoskeletal System

7 The Circulatory System

8 The Respiratory System

9 The Digestive System

10 The Urinary System

11 The Reproductive System

12 The Integumentary System

13 The Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders

14 The Endocrine System

SECTION III--Review Chapter

Review of Chapters 1-14

SECTION IV-Appendixes

1. Medical Abbreviations

2. Pharmacology

James F. McCalphin, R.Ph.

3. Spanish Pronunciation of Selected Terms

4. Translation of Selected Spanish Terms

5. Glossary of Word Parts

6. Word Parts-English to Greek or Latin

7. Answers to Exercises

Bibliography

Index