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Medical terminology : an illustrated guide /
Cohen, Barbara Janson
Medical terminology : an illustrated guide / Barbara Janson Cohen and Shirley A. Jones. - 9th ed. - Burlington : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2021. - xviii, 670 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Introduction to Medical Terminology
Chapter 1. Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
Chapter 2. Body Structure
Chapter 3. Disease and Treatment
Part II. Body Systems
Chapter 4. Integumentary System
Chapter 5. Skeletal System
Chapter 6. Muscular System
Chapter 7. Nervous System and Mental Health
Chapter 8. Special Senses: Ear and Eye
Chapter 9. Endocrine System
Chapter 10. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Chapter 11. Blood and Immunity
Chapter 12. Respiratory System
Chapter 13. Digestive System
Chapter 14. Urinary System
Chapter 15. Male Reproductive System
Chapter 16. Female Reproductive System; Pregnancy and Birth
Appendix 1. Commonly Used Symbols
Appendix 2. Abbreviations and Their Meanings
Appendix 3. Word Parts and Their Meanings
Appendix 4. Meanings and Their Corresponding Word Parts
Appendix 5. Word Roots
Appendix 6. Suffixes
Appendix 7. Prefixes
Appendix 8. Metric Measurements
Appendix 9. Stedman's Medical Dictionary at a Glance
Appendix 10. Drugs
Appendix 11. Answer Key
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, Ninth Edition helps readers develop a fundamental knowledge of the medical terminology necessary for a career in any healthcare setting. The text opens with a general introduction to word parts and the human body as a whole, followed by an overview of diseases and treatments. Each subsequent chapter on the individual body systems begins with an illustrated overview of the system with definitions of key terms relevant to that system. Tables of word parts and exercises on using them follow. The sequence of the systems chapters follows the same order as that found in a tradition A&P courses. Turning to the abnormal, a section on diseases and treatments is included, followed by definitions of related key terms.
9781975136376
MEDICAL Dictionaries & Terminology.
Medicine.
610.14 / COH
Medical terminology : an illustrated guide / Barbara Janson Cohen and Shirley A. Jones. - 9th ed. - Burlington : Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2021. - xviii, 670 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Part I. Introduction to Medical Terminology
Chapter 1. Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical Terminology
Chapter 2. Body Structure
Chapter 3. Disease and Treatment
Part II. Body Systems
Chapter 4. Integumentary System
Chapter 5. Skeletal System
Chapter 6. Muscular System
Chapter 7. Nervous System and Mental Health
Chapter 8. Special Senses: Ear and Eye
Chapter 9. Endocrine System
Chapter 10. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
Chapter 11. Blood and Immunity
Chapter 12. Respiratory System
Chapter 13. Digestive System
Chapter 14. Urinary System
Chapter 15. Male Reproductive System
Chapter 16. Female Reproductive System; Pregnancy and Birth
Appendix 1. Commonly Used Symbols
Appendix 2. Abbreviations and Their Meanings
Appendix 3. Word Parts and Their Meanings
Appendix 4. Meanings and Their Corresponding Word Parts
Appendix 5. Word Roots
Appendix 6. Suffixes
Appendix 7. Prefixes
Appendix 8. Metric Measurements
Appendix 9. Stedman's Medical Dictionary at a Glance
Appendix 10. Drugs
Appendix 11. Answer Key
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, Ninth Edition helps readers develop a fundamental knowledge of the medical terminology necessary for a career in any healthcare setting. The text opens with a general introduction to word parts and the human body as a whole, followed by an overview of diseases and treatments. Each subsequent chapter on the individual body systems begins with an illustrated overview of the system with definitions of key terms relevant to that system. Tables of word parts and exercises on using them follow. The sequence of the systems chapters follows the same order as that found in a tradition A&P courses. Turning to the abnormal, a section on diseases and treatments is included, followed by definitions of related key terms.
9781975136376
MEDICAL Dictionaries & Terminology.
Medicine.
610.14 / COH