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Mastering and Applying Medical Terminology in Practice

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Source ISBN 9781119625513

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Sejal Learning Systems rebuilt the book as a course: objectives first, then short video, worked examples, and practice with real feedback. It runs on Coursera at your own pace, with a certificate on completion.

Mastering and Applying Medical Terminology in Practice is a self-paced online course built from the Wiley title of the same name.

What this course covers

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Living for Linguistics
  • Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology
  • Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why
  • Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes
  • Chapter 4: Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals — Oh My!
  • Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage
  • Part 2: Mapping Words and Bodies
  • Chapter 6: As It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes
  • Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes
  • Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition
  • Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words
  • Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body
  • Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine
  • Part 3: In Terms of Anatomy
  • Chapter 12: Boning Up on the Skeletal System
  • Chapter 13: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System
  • Chapter 14: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair
  • Chapter 15: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems
  • Part 4: Let’s Get Some Physiology Terminology
  • Chapter 16: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
  • Chapter 17: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System
  • Chapter 18: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System
  • Chapter 19: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System
  • Chapter 20: Calming Down: The Nervous System
  • Part 5: Name That Plumbing
  • Chapter 21: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System
  • Chapter 22: Check the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System
  • Chapter 23: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System
  • Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 24: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References
  • Chapter 25: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices
  • Chapter 26: Ten Sets of Terminology Tongue-Twisting Diseases
  • Chapter 27: Top Ten Crazy-Hard-to-Spell Medical Terms
  • Appendix: Handy Study Guide