Medical Terminology
Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-501-101
Course Description
10-501-101 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ...focuses on the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Students practice formation, analysis and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis on spelling, definition and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology.
Course Typically Offered
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What will I learn?
- Apply the rules of medical language
- Apply medical terms related to the body as a whole
- Interpret medical terms related to the lymphatic and immune systems
- Interpret medical terms related to the integumentary system
- Interpret medical terms related to the female reproductive system
- Interpret medical terms related to the male reproductive system
- Interpret terms related to the blood
- Interpret terms related to the visual and auditory sensory systems
- Interpret terms related to the musculoskeletal system
- Interpret terms related to the respiratory system
- Interpret terms related to the digestive system
- Interpret terms related to the nervous system
- Interpret terms related to the endocrine system
- Interpret terms related to the urinary system
- Interpret terms related to the cardiovascular system
Class Details
- Class Number:
- 23766
- Delivery:
- In-Person
- Term:
- Spring 2025
- Session:
- 8W1
- Date Range:
- -
Estimated Cost:
$496.55
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Meeting Times
| Dates | Day(s) / Time | Location(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 01/22/25 - 02/17/25 |
M, W, F
7:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
Luxemburg Room 114
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