Basic Medical Language with Flash Cards, Elsevier EBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd and Dale M. Levinsky, MD

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ISBN: 9780323876407

Publication Date: 01-17-2023

Page Count: 448

Imprint: Elsevier

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Give students the foundation they need to confidently communicate with the healthcare team! Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition makes it easier to master the medical terminology needed for success in the health professions. This concise text helps students learn and recognize hundreds of medical terms by introducing the suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms used in building words. Brief, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, and include exercises that ask students to build, define, and read commonly used medical terms. Along with realistic case studies, this book includes an Evolve website that simplifies learning with animations, activities, games, quizzes, and more.

New to This Edition
- NEW! Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging discusses radiology and features medical terms used in clinical practice.
- NEW! Laboratory Medical Terms provide insight into laboratory tests, collection techniques, and sections of clinical laboratories.
- NEW! Expanded quizzes with additional practical application questions conclude each lesson.
Key Features
- NEW! Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging discusses radiology and features medical terms used in clinical practice.
- NEW! Addition of Laboratory Medical Terms provides insight into laboratory tests, collection techniques, and sections of clinical laboratories.
- NEW! Expanded content quizzes with additional practical application questions conclude each lesson.
- NEW! Two additional medical records provide another way to interpret medical language used in context.
- NEW! Online Gradable Exercises and Practice Exams can be integrated with gradebooks for most learning platforms.
- Case studies open each lesson and correlate with a medical record where students apply what they have learned by writing medical terms within the document.
- Career Focus sections highlight professional roles connected with lesson content to inspire students as they consider employment opportunities.
- Interactive illustrations encourage students to make visual connections and uncover medical concepts as they label figures with medical terms.
- Online Electronic Health Record modules, consisting of three related medical records for one patient account, familiarize students with the EHRs they will encounter in practice.
- More than 200 flashcards are packaged free with the text and available online with Evolve student resources, making it easier for students to memorize word parts and abbreviations.
- Engaging exercises test student knowledge with matching, building, and reading medical terms in context, helping students to learn medical terms built from word parts as well as those NOT built from word parts.
- Emphasis on frequently used medical terms includes words and abbreviations used in clinical settings, billing, and coding.
- Systemic presentation of medical terms helps students learn and recognize new words by body system and clinical category.
- Word part tables introduce combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes and Lesson at a Glance briefly summarizes testable content.
- Objectives integrated with lesson headings directly correlate objectives with content, including exercises, quizzes, and exams, along with instructor resources including lesson plans, slides, and handouts.
- Student resources on the Evolve website include games, learning activities, quizzes, videos, and an audio glossary ― all tied closely to material in the text.
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Contents

1. Introduction to Medical Language, Body Structure, Oncology, and Laboratory Tests
2. Directional Terms, Positions, and Imaging
3. Integumentary System, Colors, and Plural Endings
4. Respiratory System
5. Urinary System
6. Reproductive Systems
7. Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
8. Digestive System
9. Eye and Ear
10. Musculoskeletal System
11. Nervous System and Behavioral Health
12. Endocrine System

APPENDIX
A. Word Parts Used in Basic Medical Language
B. Abbreviations & Error-Prone List
C. Answer Key
Illustration Credits
Index
Evolve Appendices, Evolve Resources at evolve.elsevier.com
D. Pharmacology Terms
E. Health Information Technology Terms
F. Integrative Medicine Terms
Authors

Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Coordinator of Teaching and Learning, Allied Health & Science, Faculty, Allied Health and Science, Community College of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont, USA, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd, Founding President, National Association of Health Unit Coordinators, Faculty Emeritus, Maricopa County Community Colleges, Phoenix, Arizona, USA and 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, USA
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