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HIMT 1300 - Medical Terminology


Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: Pre- and corequisites should be defined by individual institutions and must be courses from General Education Requirements - Core and Major Field Core Courses.

Course Description:
An introductory study of medical terminology utilizing the body systems approach including anatomy and physiology, and disease process, laboratory/ pathology terms, pharmacology concepts, terms and abbreviations. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. Identify medical word roots, combining forms, the most common prefixes and suffixes.
  2. Explain the rules for determining singular and plural endings.
  3. Construct medical terms from word parts relating to the body systems: integumentary, musculoskeletal, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic and hematic (blood), respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive (male and female), nervous, special senses (eye and ear) systems.
  4. Construct medical procedure terms from word parts relating to the body systems: integumentary, musculoskeletal, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic and hematic (blood), respiratory, digestive, urinary, reproductive (male and female), nervous, special senses (eye and ear) systems.
  5. Pronounce medical terms and major anatomical structures.