Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic word structure -- Terms pertaining to the body as a whole -- Suffixes -- Prefixes -- Digestive system -- Additional suffixes and digestive system terminology -- Urinary system -- Female reproductive system -- Male reproductive system -- Nervous system -- Cardiovascular system -- Respiratory system -- Blood system -- Lymphatic and immune systems -- Musculoskeletal system -- Skin -- Sense organs: the eye and the ear -- Endocrine system -- Cancer medicine (Oncology) -- Radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy -- Pharmacology -- Psychiatry -- Plurals -- Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols -- Normal hematologic reference values and implications of abnormal results -- Drugs -- Complementary and alternative medicine terms.

Supplemented by labeling diagrams and review exercises, this colorful textbook introduces the roots, suffixes, and prefixes that make up medical terms, and defines the terms specific to each body system. The eighth edition adds even more color illustrations and photographs. The CD-ROM contains games, animations, clinical photos, exercises, video clips, and glossaries. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)