| Course ID: | CLAS 1030E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Medical Terminology |
Course
Description: | Medical terminology derived from Greek and Latin, concentrating
on the meanings of the components of medical terms and the
principles that govern their arrangement, with some attention to
the history of ancient medicine. |
| Oasis Title: | Medical Terminology |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in CLAS 1030 |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | THE STUDENT SHOULD LEARN:
1. TO RECOGNIZE THE INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL TERMS
2. THE MEANING OF THE COMPONENTS
3. THE PRINCIPLES THAT GOVERN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THESE
COMPONENTS
4. A GENERAL MEDICAL VOCABULARY
5. MEDICAL TERMS FOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY AND ITS
SYSTEMS
6. TO USE AND MANIPULATE THE COMPONENTS OF MEDICAL TERMS
7. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANCIENT MEDICINE |
| Topical Outline: | I. MEDICAL TERMS DERIVED FROM GREEK
A. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
B. VERBS
C. VOCABULARY
II. GENERAL MEDICAL VOCABULARY
III. MEDICAL TERMS DERIVED FROM LATIN
A. NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
B. VERBS
C. VOCABULARY
IV. TERMS FOR MEDICAL SPECIALTIES
A. THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
B. THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
C. THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
D. HEMATOLOGY, THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
E. OPHTHALMOLOGY
F. GYNECOLOGY
G. UROLOGY
V. ANCIENT MEDICINE
A. DEVELOPMENT
B. ANCIENT MEDICAL WRITERS
C. ANCIENT MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE |