Exploring Medical Language – Textbook and Flash Cards

With Exploring Medical Language, 10th Edition, you can now master medical terms EML useon your terms! At the heart of this one-of-a-kind, learning package is an innovative worktext, which enables you to gradually acquire an understanding of medical terminology by first learning word parts and then learning how to combine the parts into full medical terms that make sense.

Perhaps even better is the wide range of engaging online learning tools – tools like interactive games, puzzles, application activities, and on-the-go auditory reviews – that come with the worktext to help reinforce your learning and help you understand how the terms are used in the professional world. In all, this is the only resource on the market that incorporates all the proven methods for mastering medical terminology that works best for today’s learners.

New to this Edition

  • NEW! Case studies introduce medical terminology in context and encourage critical thinking and information application.
  • NEW! Adaptive learning, gradable case studies, and audio reviews are now available online course to provide a complete learning experience for distance learners. For separate sale.
  • NEW! Updated integrative medicine boxes introduce terminology related to integrative medicine (formerly complementary and alternative medicine).
  • NEW! Pronunciation exercises focus on the importance of the correct pronunciation of terms.
  • NEW! Updated terms and abbreviations reflect the latest advances in technology and the healthcare delivery system.
  • NEW! Updated drawings and photos keep readers abreast of current technology and healthcare processes.

Key Features

  • Systematic presentation of medical terminology provides a foundation of word parts (prefixes, suffixes, and word roots), then builds words by combining the parts.
  • Comprehensive coverage of words that are built from word parts and other important terms creates a distinction between terms built from word parts and those not easily recognized as built from word parts and provides thorough coverage of both.
  • Over 400 flashcards enable readers to review word parts when and where they want.
  • Margin boxes detail important information such as medical terminology facts and tips, historical information, web links, and complementary and alternative medicine terms.
  • Simulations of electronic health records familiarize readers with the growing use of EHRs in healthcare settings.
  • AudioTerms study companion can be easily downloaded to portable media players and includes over 3,000 terms, each of which is pronounced and defined.
  • Integrated online learning tools feature interactive games and activities, A+P boosters, career videos, and more that cater to the way today’s learners master medical terminology.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Introduction to Medical Language and Online Learning
    2. Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
    3. Directional Terms, Planes, Positions, Regions, and Quadrants
    4. Integumentary System
    5. Respiratory System and Introduction to Diagnostic Procedures and Tests
    6. Urinary System
    7. Male Reproductive System
    8. Female Reproductive System
    9. Obstetrics and Neonatology
    10. Cardiovascular, Immune, Lymphatic Systems and Blood
    11. Digestive System
    12. Eye
    13. Ear
    14. Musculoskeletal System
    15. Nervous System and Behavioral Health
    16. Endocrine System

Author Information
By Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd, Founding President of the National Association of Health Unit Clerks/Coordinators, Faculty Emeritus, Maricopa County Community College District, Phoenix, AZ and Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Faculty, Medical Assisting and Allied Health and Science Community College of Vermont Montpelier, Vermont

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