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Medical Terminology:
A Living Language
Edition 3
Bonnie F. Fremgen,
Suzanne S. Frucht,
0-13-184910-7
Paper Bound
622 pages
2005
Brief Description
Boasting a streamlined and reorganized format, the Third Edition provides students with a consistent and logical system to help them build their understanding of medical terminology as it relates to the human body. Ideal for a one-semester course, this text maintains a real-world focus that relates medical terminology to various health professions, thereby capturing the students' interest and providing information about potential future health careers. This information is reinforced with various additional study resources that include in-text exercises, a Companion Website, and a CD-ROM free with each text.
Features
- Free CD-ROM with each text—Offers a host of interactive study resources including an audio glossary, practice tests, labeling exercises, learning games, a spelling bee, and flashcards.
Provides students with interactive tools that reinforce learning and stimulate further interest and study.
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Companion Website at www.prenhall.com/fremgen—Offering online learning tools including chapter objectives, an audio glossary, and a variety of quizzes for each chapter.
Furnishes students with tangible study aids so they can better absorb and retain the material under study.
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Abundance of artwork —Serves to illustrate the topics being discussed.
Helps students gain a better understanding of anatomy and physiology by giving them visual material from which to work.
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A superior pedagogical package—Includes practice exercises and activities, Chart Note Transcription exercises, Med Term Tips, case studies, Pronunciation Practice, Professional Journal, “Getting Connected” multimedia extension exercises, and word building tables.
Presents students with a host of additional study materials with which to gain information and test their progression while keeping the subject matter fresh and motivating further exploration.
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Revised—Practice exercises.
Offers students updated activities from which to test their knowledge of the material under study.
New to this Edition
Redistribution of the Pharmacology chapter—Throughout the text.
Revised Special Topics chapter.
Expanded Professional Profile feature—Now at the beginning of each chapter.
Updated medical terms—Emphasize the vocabulary used in the real world.
Provides students with a more accessible text while keeping them up-to-date on the latest terminology so they are fully prepared for the workforce.
Professional Journal exercises—Conclude each chapter, challenging students to picture themselves in a given career role while completing a writing assignment using the medical terminology just learned.
Emphasizes the real-world theme for students so they are well equipped for the field.
End-of-chapter review list—Now also serves as a Pronunciation Practice exercise.
Streamlines content for students while continuing to provide them with consistent practice of the subject matter.
Appropriate Courses
For courses in Medical Terminology. Boasting a streamlined and reorganized format, the Third Edition provides students with a consistent and logical system to help them build their understanding of medical terminology as it relates to the human body. Ideal for a one-semester course, this text maintains a real-world focus that relates medical terminology to various health professions, thereby capturing the students' interest and providing information about potential future health careers. This information is reinforced with various additional study resources that include in-text exercises, a Companion Website, and a CD-ROM free with each text.
Contents
1. Introduction to Medical Terminology.
2. Body Structure.
3. Integumentary System.
4. Musculoskeletal System.
5. Cardiovascular System.
6. Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune System.
7. Respiratory System.
8. Digestive System.
9. Urinary System.
10. Reproductive System.
11. Endocrine System.
12. Nervous System.
13. Special Senses
14. Special Topics.
Companion Website:
http://www.prenhall.com/fremgen
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