Medical Terminology for Dummies free download

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY FOR DUMMIES

Writer : Beverley Henderson, CMT

     Jennifer Dorsey

Published Year : 2009

Publisher  : Wiley Publishing, Inc.

ISBN: 978-0-470-27965-6

Size : 4 MB (rar)

CONTENTS

Part I: Living for Linguistics

• Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology
• Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why
• Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefi xes, Roots, and Suffi xes
• Chapter 4: Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals — Oh My!
• Chapter 5 Say What? Pronunciation and Usage

Part II: Mapping Words and Bodies

• Chapter 6: s It Was in the Beginning: Prefi xes
• Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffi xes
• Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition
• Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words
• Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body
• Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine

Part III: In Terms of Anatomy

• Chapter 12: Boning Up on the Skeletal System
• Chapter 13: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System
• Chapter 14: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair
• Chapter 15: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems

Part IV: Let’s Get Some Physiology Terminology

• Chapter 16: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
• Chapter 17: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System
• Chapter 18: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System
• Chapter 19: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System
• Chapter 20: Calming Down: The Nervous System

Part V: Name That Plumbing

• Chapter 21: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System 
• Chapter 22: Checking the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System
• Chapter 23: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System

Part VI: The Par t of Tens

• Chapter 24: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References 
•  Chapter 25: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices
• Chapter 26: Ten Fun Word-Building Activities