BOTE 171: Medical Terminology

Credits 4
Component
LEC
Study of prefixes, suffixes and root words of medical terminology and their meaning, spelling and pronunciation. Emphasis on building a working medical vocabulary based on body systems. Study of the anatomy, physiology, diseases, laboratory and diagnostic procedures, medical and surgical procedures, drugs and abbreviations commonly used in the body systems and medical specialties. Web-based instruction. (F, S, Su, O)