Wingerd, Bruce D.

Unlocking medical terminology / Bruce Wingerd. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2006. - xxv, 752 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Includes index.

Contents

Chapter 1: Word parts: the building blocks of medical terminology
Chapter 2: The human body in health and disease
Chapter 3: Cells, tissues, and cancer
Chapter 4: The integumentary system
Chapter 5: The skeletal and muscular systems
Chapter 6: The nervous system and mental health
Chapter 7: The special senses: the eyes
Chapter 8: The special senses: the ears
Chapter 9: The endocrine system
Chapter 10: The cardiovascular system
Chapter 11: Blood and the lymphatic system
Chapter 12: The respiratory system
Chapter 13: The digestive system
Chapter 14: The urinary system
Chapter 15: The male reproductive system
Chapter 16: The female reproductive system
Chapter 17: Obstetrics and human development

Appendix A-word parts
Appendix B-abbreviations
Appendix C-endings in medical terminology
Appendix D-pharmacology terms
Appendix E-alternative medicine: therapies and treatments.


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0130488402 9780130488404


Medicine--Terminology--Programmed instruction.
Medicine--Computer-assisted instruction.--Terminology

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