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Exploring Medical Language
A Student-Directed Approach
- 11th Edition - February 6, 2021
- Authors: Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky, Myrna LaFleur Brooks
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 1 1 5 6 - 2
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 1 6 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 7 6 5 5 - 4
Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medi… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMaster medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language, 11th Edition provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system, medical terms are divided into two categories: 1) Words built from word parts, and 2) Words NOT built from word parts. Fun and engaging exercises help you first learn word parts and then learn how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense. The text also comes packaged with paper flashcards. For more practice, you can visit an Evolve website with games, activities, flashcards and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, and Dale Levinsky, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.
- Comprehensive coverage of medical terminology creates a distinction between terms built from word parts, which are usually based on Greek or Latin, and those terms NOT built from word parts, which are based on eponyms, acronyms, or terms from modern language.
- Systematic presentation provides a foundation of word parts (prefix, suffix, word root, and combining vowel), then builds words by combining the parts.
- Case studies ask you to interpret medical terms used in medical records and to translate everyday language into medical language.
- Full-color illustrations encourage you to apply the meaning of word parts by labeling anatomical figures.
- Abbreviations tables introduce abbreviated medical terms related to chapter content, and are supplemented with exercises, flashcards, and practice quizzes.
- Reviews of word parts and terms provide the practice you absolutely need to define, pronounce, and spell medical terminology.
- More than 400 flashcards allow you to review word parts whenever and wherever you want.
- Interactive exercises and games on the Evolve website provide endless opportunities to practice building, hearing, and spelling terms.
- Medical Terminology Online (MTO) provides accessible, interactive exercises and supplementary content in a course companion to help you master the medical terminology presented in the text. With Elsevier Adaptive Learning accessible within the modules, MTO allows you to learn faster by delivering content precisely when it’s needed, and it constantly tracks your performance! Available separately.
- NEW! Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) is now available for separate purchase–Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing is a highly effective, formative evaluation tool that strengthens your knowledge and confidence with high-quality practice questions. Through personalized quizzing, you and your instructors can identify weak topic areas and develop simple strategies to improve your results.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contributors Reviewers and Advisors
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Part 1. Introduction to Word Parts and Human Body Structure
- 1. Introduction to medical language
- Introduction to medical terms and medical language
- Medical terms built from word parts
- Medical terms not built from word parts
- Chapter review
- 2. Body structure, oncology, and laboratory tests
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 3. Directional terms, positions, and imaging
- Anatomic position
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- Part 2. Body Systems
- 4. Integumentary system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 5. Respiratory system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 6. Urinary system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 7. Male reproductive system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 8. Female reproductive system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 9. Obstetrics and neonatology
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 10. Cardiovascular, immune, lymphatic systems and blood
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 11. Digestive system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 12. Eye
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 13. Ear
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 14. Musculoskeletal system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 15. Nervous system and behavioral health
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- 16. Endocrine system
- Anatomy
- Word parts
- Medical terms
- Practical application
- Chapter review
- Appendix A: Answer key
- Appendix B: Combining forms prefixes and suffixes alphabetized by word part
- Appendix C: Combining forms prefixes and suffixes alphabetized by definition
- Appendix D: Abbreviations
- Appendix E: Pharmacology terms
- Appendix F: Additional combining forms prefixes and suffixes
- Appendix G: Health care delivery terms
- Appendix H: Integrative medicine terms
- Appendix I: Behavioral health terms
- Appendix J: Clinical research terms
- Appendix K: Nutrition terms
- Appendix L: Dental terms
- Appendix M: Health information technology HIT terms
- Bibliography
- Illustration credits
- Index
- Inside back cover
- No. of pages: 800
- Language: English
- Edition: 11
- Published: February 6, 2021
- Imprint: Mosby
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323711562
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323751605
- eBook ISBN: 9780323776554
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Danielle LaFleur Brooks
Danielle has taught medical terminology and medical assisting courses in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats since 2008. She has led the writing of Basic Medical Language since 1996, utilizing her knowledge of how students learn based on her previous career as a high school English Teacher. She is the co-author of Exploring Medical Language.
Affiliations and expertise
Faculty, Allied Health Science,Community College of Vermont,Montpelier, VermontDL
Dale Levinsky
Affiliations and expertise
Clinical Associate Professor, Family, Community, & Preventative Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, Clinical Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, Clinical Instructor, Pharmacy Practice-Science, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, ArizonaML
Myrna LaFleur Brooks
Myrna was a health science faculty member and division chair with the Maricopa County Community College for 27 years. During that time she taught medical terminology and developed the curriculum for seven other health occupation education programs. She is also the co-author of Exploring Medical Language.
Affiliations and expertise
Founding President, National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Faculty Emeritus, Maricopa County Community Colleges, Phoenix, Arizona