Glencoe Medical Terminology (with CD-ROM)

About the Book
This text teaches medical terminology by familiarizing students with how medical terms are formed and by providing a systematic learning structure. The first three chapters of the text introduce how medical terms are formed and the major word parts from which many of the terms are formed. Chapters 4 through 16 are the body systems chapters. The remaining chapters cover additional medical terminology.

Key Features

• Body system chapters include structure and function; combining forms and abbreviations; diagnostic, procedural, and laboratory terms; pathological terms; surgical terms; and pharmacological terms.
• More About boxes provide additional and unusual information.
• Case Studies present realistic medical situations relating to the chapter. Critical Thinking questions provide an opportunity for students to apply what they have learned.
• Exercises are integrated throughout the chapter for immediate reinforcement.
• Challenge Sections require students to use their critical thinking skills by pulling answers from knowledge that they have learned in the chapter but that has not necessarily been spelled out specifically.
• Chapter Reviews include definitions, answer key, and Using the Internet exercises.
• Glencoe Medical Terminology CD-ROM contains interactive skill and drill exercises. Activities include listening to and recording key terms, flash cards, word building, multiple choice, true/false, matching, crossword puzzle, using medical terms, and a That's Epidemic game. Progress Review records and prints student progress.
• Instructor Manual with Presentation Software and ExamView Pro Test Generator includes teaching strategies, course syllabi, and test generator.
  

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Learning Terminology
Chapter 2 Building Medical Terms
Chapter 3 The Body Structure
Chapter 4 Integumentary System
Chapter 5 Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 6 The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 7 The Respiratory System
Chapter 8 The Nervous System
Chapter 9 Urinary System
Chapter 10 The Female Reproductive System
Chapter 11 The Male Reproductive System
Chapter 12 The Blood System
Chapter 13 The Immune System
Chapter 14 The Digestive System
Chapter 15 The Endocrine System
Chapter 16 The Sensory System
Chapter 17 Human Development
Chapter 18 Terms in Oncology--Cancer and Its Causes
Chapter 19 Diagnostic Imaging and Surgery
Chapter 20 Terms in Psychiatry
Chapter 21 Terms in Dental Practice
Chapter 22 Terms in Pharmacology