By Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Dale M. Levinsky, MD and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd
This item will be released on 23-04-2025
Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach, Twelfth Edition, provides exercises that make it easy to build an understanding of medical terminology. Organized by body system
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Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach, Twelfth 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 companion website with games, activities, flashcards, and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky, and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.
Master medical terms on your terms! A combination text/workbook, Exploring Medical Language: A Student-Directed Approach, Twelfth Edition, provides exercisesthat 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 companion website with games, activities, flashcards, and practice exams. From well-known educators Danielle LaFleur Brooks, Dale Levinsky, and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, this learning package helps you gain fluency in medical language and communicate clearly in the health care setting.
Key Features
NEW!Capstone exercise,Scribe It, helps you draw on what you’ve learned from Exploring Medical Language to transcribe information from a patient encounter
EXPANDED! Practical Application sections at end of chapters 2-16, called Use Medical Terms in Clinical Statements, enhance review and retention of chapter content
EXPANDED! Focus onlab findings includes a narrative explanation and identification of terms indicating lab findings
NEW! Addedphonetic spelling for abbreviations spoken as whole words
NEW! Introduction of the SOAP Note format and associated abbreviations
ENHANCED! Behavioral health coverage includes narrative introduction
Systematic presentation of medical terminology provides a foundation of word parts, then builds words by combining the parts
Extensive review of word parts and terms offers the practice needed to learn medical terminology
Accessible, interactive exercises and games on the accompanying Evolve website provide extensive opportunities to practice building, hearing, and spelling terms
Medical Terminology Online (MTO) companion course offers additional practice and interactivity to support comprehension. Sold separately
Author Information
By Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Coordinator of Teaching & Learning, Allied Health & Science, Faculty, Allied Health & Science, Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont; Dale M. Levinsky, MD, 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 and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd, Founding President, National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Faculty Emeritus, Maricopa County Community Colleges, Phoenix, Arizona
By Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Coordinator of Teaching & Learning, Allied Health & Science, Faculty, Allied Health & Science, Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont; Dale M. Levinsky, MD, 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 and Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd, Founding President, National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Faculty Emeritus, Maricopa County Community Colleges, Phoenix, Arizona
PREFACE Features Organization of the Textbook Anatomy of a Chapter Online Student Resources Online Instructor Resources
PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO WORD PARTS AND HUMAN BODY STRUCTURE 1. Introduction to Medical Language 2. Body Structure, Oncology, and Laboratory Tests 3. Directional Terms, Positions, and Imaging PART 2: BODY SYSTEMS 4. Integumentary System 5. Respiratory System 6. Urinary System 7. Male Reproductive System 8. Female Reproductive System 9. Obstetrics and Neonatology 10. Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, Immune Systems and Blood 11. Digestive System 12. Eye 13. Ear 14. Musculoskeletal System 15. Nervous System and Behavioral Health 16. Endocrine System
APPENDICES A. Answer Key B. Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes Alphabetized by Word Part C. Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes Alphabetized by Definition D. Abbreviations E. Pharmacology Terms ONLINE APPENDICES F. Additional Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes, Evolve Resources G. Health Care Delivery Terms, Evolve Resources H. Integrative Medicine Terms, Evolve Resources I. Behavioral Health Terms, Evolve Resources J. Clinical Research Terms, Evolve Resources K. Nutrition Terms, Evolve Resources L. Dental Terms, Evolve Resources M. Health Information Technology (HIT) Terms, Evolve Resources
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