Table
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Introduction |
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PART I |
LIVING FOR LINGUISTICS |
7 |
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Chapter 1 |
Scrubbing
in to Master Medical Terminology |
9 |
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Chapter 2 |
Medical
Terminology: The How and Why |
17 |
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Chapter 3 |
Introducing
the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes |
25 |
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Chapter 4 |
Acronyms,
Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals—Oh My! |
37 |
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Chapter 5 |
Say What?
Pronunciation and Usage |
51 |
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PART II |
MAPPING WORDS AND BODIES |
61 |
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Chapter 6 |
s it was in
the Beginning: Prefixes |
63 |
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Chapter 7 |
So it shall
be in the End: Suffixes |
73 |
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Chapter 8 |
Hey, I Know
You: Word Recognition |
81 |
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Chapter 9 |
Deconstruction
Junction: Breaking Down Words |
91 |
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Chapter 10 |
An Org
Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body |
101 |
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Chapter 11 |
All Systems
Go: When Systems Combine |
111 |
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PART III |
IN TERMS OF ANATOMY |
121 |
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Chapter 12 |
Boning Up
on the Skeletal System |
123 |
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Chapter 13 |
Getting
Ripped: The Muscular System |
141 |
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Chapter 14 |
Skin Deep:
Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair |
155 |
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Chapter 15 |
It Depends
on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems |
169 |
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PART IV |
LET’S GET SOME PHYSIOLOGY TERMINOLOGY |
187 |
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Chapter 16 |
The Heart
of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems |
189 |
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Chapter 17 |
Just
Breathe: The Respiratory System |
211 |
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Chapter 18 |
Feeding
Time: The Gastrointestinal System |
227 |
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Chapter 19 |
Gatekeepers
of Health: The Endocrine System |
245 |
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Chapter 20 |
Calming
Down: The Nervous System |
261 |
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PART V |
NAME THAT PLUMBING |
275 |
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Chapter 21 |
When You Gotta
Go: The Urinary System |
277 |
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Chapter 22 |
Checking
the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System |
291 |
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Chapter 23 |
A Life
Force: The Female Reproductive System |
303 |
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PART VI |
THE PART OF TENS |
321 |
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Chapter 24 |
Ten
Essential Medical Terminology References |
323 |
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Chapter 25 |
Ten or So
Useful Mnemonic Devices |
327 |
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Chapter 26 |
Ten Fun
Word-Building Activities |
331 |
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Prefixes and Suffixes |
337 |
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Index |
343 |
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