Medical Terminology: A Word Building Approach

Jane Rice

ISBN 10: 0132148021 / ISBN 13: 9780132148023

Published by Pearson Education (US), 2011

About this Item

This comprehensive, proven text offers a logical, simple system for learning medical vocabulary primarily by building terms from word parts. It first introduces medical terminology and its essential suffixes and prefixes; then guides students logically through each key body system, working from the outside (integumentary system) inward, and from simple systems to complex. Additional specialty chapters cover oncology, radiology and nuclear medicine, and mental health. Updated throughout, this Seventh Edition?s many new learning features include: ?at-a-glance? A&P tables; tables of combining forms with meanings; color-coded word parts; new labeling exercises; and 17 new practical applications using realistic medical records.   Students will learn in a dynamic, virtual online environment that includes exercises, videos, animations, activities and more!     This is a standalone book if you want the book/access card order the ISBN below:  0132774488 / 9780132774482 Medical Terminology: A World Building Approach and Medical Terminology Interactive Student Access Code Card Package Package consists of:  0132148021 / 9780132148023 Medical Terminology: A World Building Approach 0132790866 / 9780132790864 Medical Terminology Interactive Student Access Code Card.

Seller Inventory # CIN0132148021G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Medical Terminology: A Word Building Approach
• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132148021
• ISBN 13: 9780132148023
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This comprehensive, proven text offers a logical, simple system for learning medical vocabulary primarily by building terms from word parts. It first introduces medical terminology and its essential suffixes and prefixes; then guides students logically through each key body system, working from the outside (integumentary system) inward, and from simple systems to complex. Additional specialty chapters cover oncology, radiology and nuclear medicine, and mental health. Updated throughout, this Seventh Edition’s many new learning features include: “at-a-glance” A&P tables; tables of combining forms with meanings; color-coded word parts; new labeling exercises; and 17 new practical applications using realistic medical records.

 

Students will learn in a dynamic, virtual online environment that includes exercises, videos, animations, activities and more!  

 

This is a standalone book if you want the book/access card order the ISBN below:

 0132774488 / 9780132774482 Medical Terminology: A World Building Approach and Medical Terminology Interactive Student Access Code Card Package

Package consists of:

 0132148021 / 9780132148023 Medical Terminology: A World Building Approach

0132790866 / 9780132790864 Medical Terminology Interactive Student Access Code Card

About the Author

Jane Rice, RN, CMA-C has many years of teaching experience in the medical assisting field. She was the medical assisting program director at Coosa Valley Technical College in Georgia for 29 years, and is current a member of the college's Medical Assisting Advisory Committee. She has authored several bestselling textbooks, including PHARMACOLOGY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTING, MEDICATIONS AND MATHEMATICS FOR THE NURSE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY: A WORD BUILDING APPROACH.