HEAL 104 - Medical Terminology & Anatomy

5 Credits

Online introduction to medical terminology and anatomy by body systems. Designed for students enrolled in Health Care Professions Department or other allied health programs.

Instructor Permission Required Yes
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Online
Fall Day, Online
Winter Day, Online
Spring Day, Online

Designed to Serve Students enrolled in health care professions department or other allied health programs
Active Date 2015-02-11

Grading System Decimal Grade
Class Limit 35
Contact Hours: Lecture 55 Lab 0 Worksite 0 Clinical 0 Other 0
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline
Medical Word Elements
Word Roots
Combining Forms
Suffixes
Prefixes
Basic Rules
Defining and building Medical Words
Levels of Organization
Anatomical Positions
Planes of the Body
Anatomy of Body Systems

Student Learning Outcomes
Identify the four word elements to form medical words.

Divide medical words into their component parts.

Use the guidelines to define and build medical words.

Determine the use of a combining form and words root when linking to a suffix.

Identify adjective, noun, and diminutive suffixes.

Locate and apply guidelines for pluralizing terms.

Explain the use of prefixes in medical terminology.

Pronounce and spell medical words correctly for each body system.

Demonstrate the ability to interpret medical words in the context of medical reports.

Translate common abbreviations, acronyms, and slang terms for each body system.