Maricopa Community Colleges  HCC145AA   20016-99999 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  03/27/01
HCC145AA     20016-99999 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers I
Introduction to medical terms used in health care. Body systems approach to selected terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing terms using basic word parts. Selected medical abbreviations and symbols and term spelling. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
HCC145AA   20016-99999 Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers I
1. Explain how medical terms are created. (I)
2. Apply standard word guidelines to medical terms. (I)
3. Use basic medical suffixes and prefixes accurately. (I)
4. Describe the organizational components, directional terms and anatomical position of the body. (II)
5. Identify selected body system structures and their related word parts. (III)
6. Identify selected functions of body organs and systems and their related word parts. (III)
7. Use system word parts to build and analyze terms. (III)
8. Define medical terms related to selected disease processes. (III)
9. Define selected diagnostic and procedural terms for each body system. (III)
10. Recognize selected abbreviations and symbols related to each body system. (III)
11. Spell specific medical terms. (II - III)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
HCC145AA   20016-99999 Medical Terminology for Health Care Workers I
    I. Introduction to Medical Terminology
        A. Derivation of medical terms
          1. acronym
          2. eponym
          3. word parts
        B. Terms from word parts
          1. word root
          2. combining vowel/combining form
          3. basic suffixes
          4. basic prefixes
        C. Guidelines
          1. connecting word parts
          2. reading terms from word parts
          3. spelling
      II. Body Structure
          A. Body organization
          B. Planes
          C. Cavities
          D. Abdominopelvic regions/quadrants
          E. Directional terms
          F. Anatomical position
        III. Selected Terminology by Body System
            A. Structures and word parts
            B. Functions and word parts
            C. Pathology terms
            D. Diagnostic tests
            E. Procedure terms
            F. Abbreviations and symbols
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