DescriptionMedical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide, Ninth Edition helps readers develop a fundamental knowledge of the medical terminology necessary for a career in any healthcare setting. The text opens with a general introduction to word parts and the human body as a whole, followed by an overview of diseases and treatments. Each subsequent chapter on the individual body systems begins with an illustrated overview of the system with definitions of key terms relevant to that system. Tables of word parts and exercises on using them follow. The sequence of the systems chapters follows the same order as that found in a tradition A&P courses.Turning to the abnormal, a section on diseases and treatments is included, followed by definitions of related key terms.Table of ContentsPart I Introduction to Medical TerminologyChapter 1 Concepts, Suffixes, and Prefixes of Medical TerminologyChapter 2 Body StructureChapter 3 Disease and TreatmentPart II Body SystemsChapter 4 Integumentary SystemChapter 5 Skeletal SystemChapter 6 Muscular SystemChapter 7 Nervous System and Mental HealthChapter 8 Special Senses: Ear and EyeChapter 9 Endocrine SystemChapter 10 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic SystemsChapter 11 Blood and ImmunityChapter 12 Respiratory SystemChapter 13 Digestive SystemChapter 14 Urinary SystemChapter 15 Male Reproductive SystemChapter 16 Female Reproductive System; Pregnancy and Birth