Medical Terminology Made Easy

Unlocking All the Tricks

What you'll learn

Identify the Greek and Latin roots and affixes found in medical terminology, and associate them with their relevant body organs and medical specialties.

Use a smart dissection technique to divide and define medical terms, even if you see the term for the first time.

Identify the characteristics of singular and plural forms of medical terms and how they work.

Differentiate between the different body systems, medical specialties and their relevant body organs.

Learn the correct way of pronouncing medical terms.

Requirements

No medical background is needed! we start from scratch.

Description

This course is very special, it provides a combination of medical terminology and anatomy. It links them together with visuals to make them easily grasped and remembered. It is divided into two sections. The first section, on one hand, features five chapters:1. Chapter of a general introduction which lays the foundation for this course. It introduces the different word parts that compose the medical term, which are the word root, affixes (prefixes and suffixes), and the combing vowel. In addition, it highlights the smart dissection technique that unveils the tricks on how to understand medical terms. Finally, this introduction brings to light the singular and plural forms of medical terminology and how to memorize them.2. Chapter of suffixes which includes all the types of suffixes.3. Chapter of prefixes which includes all the types of prefixes.4. Chapter of anatomical and directional terminology which highlights the body planes, sections, positions, and body surface terms.5. Chapter of an overview on the body systems which furnishes the medical terms with their medical contexts.On the other hand, the second section covers thirteen medical specialties. They are dermatology, hematology, orthopedics, gynecology & obstetrics, endocrinology, cardiology, otorhinolaryngology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, ophthalmology, urology and immunology.Each chapter begins with a concise introduction to the medical specialty, and then delineates its relevant medical terms. In other words, it divides the medical specialty into word parts, which are usually body organs, and list their related medical terms with the help of the different medical prefixes and suffixes. In urology, for example, both nephr/ and ren/ are word roots referring to kidney (a body organ). Each word root is highlighted separately, and its medical terms are listed with adding the medical affixes, such as nephr/o/logy, nephr/itis, nephr/otomy, etc.

Overview

Section 1: Building Medical Terms

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Suffixes

Lecture 3 Prefixes

Lecture 4 Anatomical & Directional Terminology

Lecture 5 Body Systems (overview)

Section 2: Medical Specialties

Lecture 6 Hematology

Lecture 7 Immunology

Lecture 8 Dermatology

Lecture 9 Ophthalmology

Lecture 10 Otorhinolaryngology

Lecture 11 Pulmonology

Lecture 12 Orthopedics

Lecture 13 Endocrinology

Lecture 14 Gastroenterology

Lecture 15 Neurology

Lecture 16 Obstetrics & Gynecology

Lecture 17 Cardiology

Lecture 18 Urology & Nephrology

For everyone.