Medical Terminology for Dummies (Paperback, 4)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Living for Linguistics 5

Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology 7

Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why 13

Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes 21

Chapter 4: Acronyms, Antonyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals ? Oh My! 35

Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage 53

Part 2: Mapping Words and Bodies 65

Chapter 6: As It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes. 67

Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes 81

Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition 89

Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words 97

Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body 107

Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine 121

Chapter 12: Lockdown Life: The Terminology of Global Health Crises 131

Part 3: In Terms of Anatomy 139

Chapter 13: Boning Up on the Skeletal System 141

Chapter 14: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System 161

Chapter 15: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair 177

Chapter 16: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems 195

Part 4: Let’s Get Some Physiology Terminology 215

Chapter 17: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems 217

Chapter 18: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System 243

Chapter 19: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System 261

Chapter 20: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System 281

Chapter 21: Calming Down: The Nervous System 299

Part 5: Name That Plumbing 315

Chapter 22: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System 317

Chapter 23: Check the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System 333

Chapter 24: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System 347

Part 6: The Part of Tens 371

Chapter 25: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References 373

Chapter 26: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices 377

Index 381