Medical Terminology: Language for Health Care, 3/e
Nina Thierer, CMA, BS, CPC, CCAT,
Ivy Technical Community College of Indiana Deborah Nelson, MS, CMA (AAMA), RMA,
Baker College of Flint and Cass City Judy K. Ward, CMA (AAMA), PBT (ASCP),
Ivy Technical Community College of Indiana La Tanya Young, RMA (AMT), MMSc, MHP,
Clayton State University
ISBN: 0073374725 Copyright year: 2010
Table of Contents
To the Student
How to get the Most out of Your Textbook
1 Learning Terminology
2 Prefixes and Suffixes in Medical Terms
3 Body Structure
4 The Integumentary System
5 The Musculoskeletal System
6 The Cardiovascular system
7 The Respiratory System
8 The Nervous System
9 The Urinary System
10 The Female Reproductive System
11 The Male Reproductive System
12 The Blood System
13 The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
14 The Digestive System
15 The Endocrine System
16 The Sensory System
17 Human Development
18 Terms in Oncology—Cancer and Its Causes
19 Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery
20 Terms in Psychiatry
21 Terms in Dental Practice
22 Terms in Pharmacology
23 Terms in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Appendix A—Combining Forms, Prefixes, and Suffixes
Appendix B—Abbreviations—Ones to Use and Ones to Avoid
2010