Authors: Jean Tannis Dennerll, Phyllis E. Davis
ISBN-13: 9781435438897, ISBN-10: 1435438892
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: 10th Edition
Jean Tannis Dennerll, BS, CMA is the Department Chair for Allied Health at Jackson Community College in Jackson, Michigan.
Deceased
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E is your number one resource for learning medical terminology. Enhanced with innovative built-in tools to make learning easier, interactive exercises, and improvements that reflect the most accurate, up-to-date industry terms today, makes this book an industry leading resource. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A PROGRAMMED SYSTEMS APPROACH, 10E uses a unique word-building programmed approach that will teach you to break down key medical terms into their roots, prefixes, and suffixes. This programmed-learning format requires active participation through reading, writing, answering questions, labeling, repetition, and providing immediate feedback. With engaging review activities, back-of-the-book flash cards, and an accompanying CD-ROM with interactive learning activities, this book provides a complete package for building a comprehensive entry-level knowledge of medical language for readers with little or no previous experience. Now in its 10th edition, this book is a proven resource that is easy and fun to use. Teaching medical terminology has never been easier.
Preface | v | |
Acknowledgments | ix | |
List of Illustrations | xi | |
About This Programmed System | xiii | |
How to Use the Practice Software | xvi | |
Section A Frames A.1 - A.18 How to Work the Program-Directions for Use of Programmed Learning | xix | |
Unit 1 | Frames 1.1 - 1.93 The Word-Building System-Introduction to Word Parts Including Word Roots, Suffixes, Prefixes, Parts of Speech, and Plural Formation | 1 |
Unit 2 | Frames 2.1 - 2.124 Surgical Suffixes, Dermatology, Hematology, and Diagnostic Imaging | 25 |
Professional Profile: Registered radiographic technologist | 39 | |
Professional Profile: Cytotechnologist | 45 | |
Case Study: Discharge Summary, Acute chest pain | 59 | |
Unit 3 | Frames 3.1 - 3.132 Oncology and the Central Nervous System | 63 |
Professional Profile: Medical technologist | 75 | |
Professional Profile: Electroneurodiagnostic technologist | 83 | |
Case Study: Present Illness from H&P, Carcinoma in situ | 95 | |
Unit 4 | Frames 4.1 - 4.146 Orthopedics, Osteopathy, and Body Regions | 99 |
Professional Profile: Doctor of Osteopathy | 103 | |
Case Study: Arthroscopic Surgery Report, Septic arthritis | 136 | |
Unit 5 | Frames 5.1 - 5.158 Pathology, Otorhinolaryngology, and Prefixes dys, brady, tachy, poly, syn | 141 |
Professional Profile: Audiologist | 151 | |
Case Study: Cholecystectomy | 178 | |
Unit 6 | Frames 6.1 - 6.130 Urology and Gynecology | 183 |
Case Study: Transurethral Resection of the Prostate | 221 | |
Unit 7 | Frames 7.1 - 7.87 Gastroenterology | 226 |
Case Study: Endoscopy Report, Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | 252 | |
Unit 8 | Frames 8.1 - 8.132 Neurology, Psychology, Anesthesiology, and Vascular Terminology | 257 |
Professional Profile: Registered pharmacist, Pharmacy technician | 268 | |
Professional Profile: Physical therapist, Physical therapy assistant | 287 | |
Case Study: ER Summary, Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 296 | |
Unit 9 | Frames 9.1 - 9.121 Anatomic Terms | 301 |
Case Study: Consultation note, hypoventilation syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 1 | 335 | |
Unit 10 | Frames 10.1 - 10.162 Surgery, Diabetes, Immunology, Lesions, and Prefixes of Numbers and Direction | 340 |
Professional Profile: Certified surgical technologist | 342 | |
Case Study: Mastectomy, Multifocal ductal carcinoma in situ | 383 | |
Unit 11 | Frames 11.1 - 11.90 Descriptive Prefixes, Asepsis, and Pharmacology | 389 |
Professional Profile: Registered diagnostic medical sonographer | 403 | |
Case Study: Neurology Operative Report, Hemiparesis with Subdural hygroma | 417 | |
Unit 12 | Frames 12.1 - 12.91 Prefixes of Location and Medication Administration | 421 |
Professional Profile: Nurse, LPN, RN, NP, CRNA, Clinical nurse specialist MSN, PhD | 438 | |
Case Study: Operative Report, bilateral adnexal masses, endometriosis | 447 | |
Unit 13 | Frames 13.1 - 13.91 Respiratory System and Pulmonology | 451 |
Professional Profile: Respiratory therapist | 465 | |
Professional Profile: Registered Health Information Administrator and Health Information Technician | 469 | |
Case Study: Postop visit, status asthmaticus, viral syndrome | 476 | |
Unit 14 | Frames 14.1 - 14.114 Word Parts for Night, Sleep, Split, Skeletal System, and Orthopedics | 480 |
Professional Profile: Registered occupational therapist | 488 | |
Case Study: Operative Report, Open reduction fractured elbow | 511 | |
Unit 15 | Frames 15.1 - 15.144 Ophthalmology, Endocrinology, and Medical Specialties | 515 |
Professional Profile: Certified ophthalmic assistants and Technicians | 517 | |
Professional Profile: Emergency medical technicians, Paramedics | 538 | |
Case Study: Phacoemulsification, cataract OD, myopia OD | 549 | |
Appendix A | Answers to Unit Review Activities and Case Studies | 555 |
Appendix B | Abbreviations | 565 |
Weights and Measures | 565 | |
Chemical Symbols | 566 | |
Diagnoses | 567 | |
Procedures | 570 | |
Health Professions and Groups | 574 | |
Charting Abbreviations | 576 | |
Appendix C | Puzzle Solutions | 580 |
Appendix D | Additional Word Parts | 596 |
Appendix E | Glossary of Proper Names of Diseases and Procedures | 598 |
Index of Terms | 601 | |
Index of Word Parts Learned | 612 |