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COMPREHENSIVE

Medical

Terminology

Third Edition

Betty Davis Jones, RN, MA, CMA

Chairperson, Medical Assisting Department

Gaston College, Dallas, North Carolina

Comprehensive Medical Terminology, Third Edition

by Betty Davis Jones

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Jones, Betty Davis.

Comprehensive medical terminology : a

competency-based approach / Betty Davis

Jones. -- 3rd ed.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and

index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4180-3920-2 (alk. paper)

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Contents

Preface ................................................................................ xi

How to Use Comprehensive Medical

About the Author ............................................................ xx

Terminology, Third Edition

StudyWARE TM .................................................. xxvii

Acknowledgments ........................................................ xxii

About the Book and Components .......................... xxiv

Chapter 1

Word Building Rules

Overview.............................................................................2

Written and Audio Terminology Review...........14

Word Parts, Combining Forms, and

Chapter Review Exercises .................................... 15

Word Building Rules ...................................................2

Word Structure ..................................................................8

Chapter 2

Prefixes

Overview ........................................................................... 21

Negatives.................................................................. 25

Numbers ........................................................................... 21

Common Prefixes .................................................. 26

Measurement...................................................................22

Chapter Review Exercises ................................... 30

Position and/or Direction ..............................................22

Color ................................................................................. 24

Chapter 3

Suffixes

Overview.......................................................................... 39

Instruments, Surgical and Diagnostic

Noun Suffixes ................................................................. 40

Procedures..........................................................44

Plural Words .....................................................................41

Common Suffixes.................................................. 45

Adjective Suffixes ........................................................... 42

Chapter Review Exercises ...................................49

Specialties and Specialists ........................................... 43

Chapter 4

Whole Body Terminology

Overview ...........................................................................55

Vocabulary ............................................................... 68

Structural Organization.................................................55

Word Elements....................................................... 73

Body Planes ......................................................................58

Common Abbreviations....................................... 75

Body Regions and Quadrants ..................................... 60

Written and Audio Terminology Review.......... 76

Body Cavities ................................................................... 62

Chapter Review Exercises ................................... 78

Divisions of the Back..................................................... 63

Direction .......................................................................... 65

iii

iv Contents

Chapter 5

The Integumentary System / 89

Overview.......................................................................... 90

Diagnostic Techniques, Treatments,

Anatomy and Physiology.............................................. 90

and Procedures................................................. 121

Vocabulary ....................................................................... 95

Common Abbreviations......................................125

Word Elements............................................................. 104

Written and Audio Terminology Review ........... 125

Skin Lesions ...................................................................106

Chapter Review Exercises ..................................130

Pathological Conditions ..............................................109

Chapter 6

The Skeletal System / 139

Overview........................................................................ 140

Diagnostic Techniques, Treatments,

Anatomy and Physiology............................................ 140

and Procedures................................................. 171

Vocabulary ...................................................................... 157

Common Abbreviations......................................173

Word Elements..............................................................160

Written and Audio Terminology Review ........... 174

Pathological Conditions ..............................................163

Chapter Review Exercises ..................................177

Chapter 7

Muscles and Joints / 188

Overview of Muscular System ..................................189

Movements of Joints ........................................... 205

Anatomy and Physiology (Muscles) .........................189

Vocabulary (Joints) ............................................... 207

Vocabulary (Muscles)...................................................195

Word Elements (Joints).......................................209

Word Elements (Muscles) ..........................................197

Pathological Conditions (Joints)........................210

Pathological Conditions (Muscles)...........................198

Diagnostic Techniques Treatments, and

Diagnostic Techniques, Treatments,

Procedures (Joints)...........................................217

and Procedures (Muscles) ....................................201

Common Abbreviations (Joints)........................219

Common Abbreviations (Muscles) ......................... 202

Written and Audio Terminology Review ........... 219

Overview of Joints........................................................ 202

Chapter Review Exercises ................................. 222

Classifications of Joints ............................................... 202

Chapter 8

The Nervous System

233

Overview........................................................................ 234

Diagnostic Techniques, Treatments,

Anatomy and Physiology............................................ 234

and Procedures................................................ 272

Vocabulary ..................................................................... 240

Common Abbreviations..................................... 279

Word Elements............................................................. 250

Written and Audio Terminology Review .......... 280

Pathological Conditions .............................................. 251

Chapter Review Exercises .................................286

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