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Medical Terminology for Dummies® [2008]

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Introduction
7
Scrubbing in to Master Medical Terminology
17
Medical Terminology: The How and Why
25
Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffxes
37
Acronyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals ‐ Oh My!
51
Say What? Pronunciation and Usage
61
As it was in the Beginning: Preffixes
73
So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes
81
Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition
91
Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words
101
An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body
111
All Systems Go: When Systems Combine
121
Boning Up on the Skeletal System
141
Getting Ripped: The Muscular System
155
Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair
169
It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems
187
The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
211
Just Breathe: The Respiratory System
227
Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System
245
Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System
261
Calming Down: The Nervous System
275
When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System.
291
Checking the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System
303
A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System
321
Ten Essential Medical Terminology References
327
Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices
331
Ten Fun Word‐Building Activities
333
Index
337
Appendix: Prefixes and Suffixes
365
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