ALHT 0127 - Medical Terminology (T►)

3 Credit Hours

This course will study the use of prefixes, suffixes and root words to build a vocabulary for medical personnel. The student begins by identifying roots, suffixes and prefixes of medical terminology, and then progresses by studying related medical terms of the body system (skin, skeleton, muscle, blood & lymph, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, and urinary systems). The student will explore how these terms relate to the general anatomy of the body.