Basic Medical Language with Flash Cards

7th Edition - November 16, 2022
Authors: Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky
Language: English
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Build the foundation you need to confidently communicate with your healthcare team! Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition makes it easy to master the medical terminology needed for success in the health professions. This concise text helps you learn and recognize hundreds of medical terms by introducing the suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms used in building words. Brief, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, and include exercises that ask you to build, define, and read commonly used medical terms. From an expert writing team led by Danielle LaFleur Brooks, this book includes realistic case studies and an Evolve website that simplifies learning with animations, activities, games, quizzes, and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Anatomy of a lesson
Preface
Reviewers and advisors
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
1. Introduction to medical language, body structure, oncology, and laboratory tests
Objective 1: Identify the origins of medical language, the four word parts, and the combining form.
Objective 2: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 3: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 4: Write abbreviations.
Objective 5: Identify body structure, oncology, and laboratory terms.
Objective 6: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and medical records.
Objective 7: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
2. Directional terms, positions, and imaging
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell directional terms.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms used to describe anatomic planes, abdominopelvic regions, and patient positions.
Objective 3: Define, pronounce, and spell diagnostic imaging terms.
Objective 4: Write abbreviations.
Objective 5: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 6: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 7: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
3. Integumentary system, colors, and plural endings
Introduction to the integumentary system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Distinguish plural endings from singular endings.
Objective 5: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 6: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 7: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
4. Respiratory system
Introduction to the respiratory system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
5. Urinary system
Introduction to the urinary system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
6. Reproductive systems
Introduction to the reproductive systems
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms NOT built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
7. Cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
Introduction to the cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
8. Digestive system
Introduction to the digestive system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
9. Eye and ear
Introduction to the eye and the ear
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
10. Musculoskeletal system
Introduction to the musculoskeletal system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
11. Nervous system and behavioral health
Introduction to the nervous system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
12. Endocrine system
Introduction to the endocrine system
Objective 1: Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
Objective 2: Define, pronounce, and spell medical terms not built from word parts.
Objective 3: Write abbreviations.
Objective 4: Identify medical terms by clinical category.
Objective 5: Use medical language in clinical statements, the case study, and a medical record.
Objective 6: Recall and assess knowledge of word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations.
Appendix A: Word parts used in Basic Medical Language
Appendix B: Abbreviations & Error Prone List
Appendix C: Answer key
Appendix D: Pharmacology terms
Appendix E: Health information technology (HIT) terms
Appendix F: Integrative medicine terms
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Index
Common terminology
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Danielle LaFleur Brooks

Myrna LaFleur Brooks

Dale Levinsky