Essentials of Medical Language ©2024

Grades: 9 - 12

Designed to help students master the complex language of modern health care, students experience medical terminology in the same differentiated diagnosis method a physician uses in an examination. Prepares CTE students pursuing a career in health science pathways for certification exams.

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Essentials of Medical Language incorporates motivation to learn, retention of material, and opportunities for application and practice to create an engaging learning experience. Students assume the role of an allied health professional specializing in that chapter’s body system and learn new medical terms in the context of a patient case. Students have multiple opportunities to apply what they have learned with practice exercises in each lesson and questions at the end of each chapter.

• Organized by body system in an outside-to-inside sequence

• Contextual approach promotes active learning

• Students experience each real-life case from different allied health and LPN-level nursing roles

• Over 2,000 medical terms with their pronunciation, elements, and definition

• Color coded prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

• Audible pronunciation glossary included in the digital edition

• Over 100 questions and exercises to build critical soft skills

• Digital teaching guide features presentation materials, discussion prompts, pre-made assessments, question banks, and project-based learning resources

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Chapter 1: The Anatomy of Medical Terms: The Essential Elements of the Language of Medicine

Chapter 2: The Body as a Whole, Cells, and Genes: The Essentials of the Language of Anatomy & Genetics

Chapter 3: The Integumentary System: The Essentials of the Language of Dermatology

Chapter 4: The Skeletal System: The Essentials of the Language of Orthopedics

Chapter 5: Muscles and Tendons: The Essentials of the Language of Orthopedics & Rehabilitation

Chapter 6: The Cardiovascular and Circulatory System: The Essentials of the Language of Cardiology

Chapter 7: The Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune System: The Essentials of the Language of Hematology & Immunology

Chapter 8: The Respiratory System: The Essentials of the Language of Pulmonology

Chapter 9: The Digestive System: The Essentials of the Language of Gastroenterology

Chapter 10: The Nervous System and Mental Health: The Essentials of the Language of Neurology & Psychiatry

Chapter 11: Special Senses of the Eye and Ear: The Essentials of the Language of Ophthalmology and Otology

Chapter 12: The Endocrine System: The Essentials of the Language of Endocrinology

Chapter 13: The Urinary System: The Essentials of the Language of Urology

Chapter 14: Male Reproductive System: The Essentials of the Language of the Male Reproductive System

Chapter 15: The Female Reproductive System: The Essentials of the language of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Chapter 16: Infancy to Old Age: The Essentials of the Language of Pediatrics and Geriatrics

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