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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Foundations of Medical Terminology | |
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| The Basic Ideas, or "Hey! It's Just Greek (or Latin) to Me!" | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Early Medical Laws: The Code of Hammurabi | |
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| Healing, Not Hurting: Enter the Ancient Greeks and Asclepius | |
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| The Greek Foundation of Modern Medicine: Hippocrates | |
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| Physiology and Galen | |
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| Vesalius: The Founder of Modern Anatomy | |
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| Diseases, Injuries, and Therapies | |
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| "So, Just Where Do We Put Our 'Memory Pills'?" | |
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| Medical Terms and Word Parts | |
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| Word Dissection or Analysis | |
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| Word Translation | |
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| Word Building or Synthesis | |
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| Summary of Word Parts | |
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| The Magic of the Combining Vowel: "A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Medicine Go Down!" | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 1 | |
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| Terms of Anatomy, Anesthesia, and Surgery | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Trephination: One of the Earliest Forms of Surgery Was "Hole-istic Medicine"! | |
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| John Hunter: The Father of Scientific Surgery Had Night Visits from Grave Robbers! | |
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| William Morton: Anesthesia Gets "Real" | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 2 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 2 Summary Tables | |
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| Terms of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Development of the Microscope: The Tiny Becomes Visible | |
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| Pathogenic Macroscopic (Gross) Organisms | |
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| Pathogenic Fungi: They're Not All Just Mushrooms! | |
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| Summary Overview of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Medical Case History: Histoplasmosis-It's from the Birds! | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 3 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 3 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Terms of Therapy: Feeling Better! | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Caring Hands of Nurses Bring Therapy | |
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| Some Major Types of Therapy | |
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| The Special World of Chemotherapy | |
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| Medical Case History: Drug Addiction and Severe Accidental Overdose | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 4 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 4 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 1 | |
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| Cells and Body Defense | |
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| Terms of Diagnosis, Immunity, and the Lymphatic System | |
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| Background and History | |
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| An Overview of Immunity | |
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| The World of Diagnosis: Taking Stock When Immunity Fails | |
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| Important Tools and Techniques Used for Making Diagnoses | |
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| The Ultimate Challenge: Finding the "Cause" | |
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| Medical Case History: Suddenly Stricken with Tonsillitis | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 5 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 5 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Cells and Body Tissues | |
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| Background and History | |
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| The Two Size-Worlds of Anatomy | |
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| Biological Order and Clinical Health | |
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| Normal A&P of the Human Cell | |
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| Normal A&P of the Body Tissues | |
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| Biological Disorder and Morbidity | |
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| Cellular Pathology and Tissue Necrosis | |
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| Medical Case History: Terminal Lung Cancer in a Chronic Smoker-A Bad Dream of Hyperplasia | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 6 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 6 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 2 | |
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| Bones and Muscles | |
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| Terms of Skeletal and Muscular Disorders, or "There's Too Much Trouble in This Joint!" | |
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| Background and History | |
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| The Skeletal System and Its Organs | |
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| Disorders of Bones and Joints | |
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| The Muscular System and Its Organs | |
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| Disorders of Skeletal Muscles | |
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| Medical Case History: Arthroscopy of the Knee Joint in an Injured Runner | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 7 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 7 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 3 | |
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| Moving Our Blood and Air | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessles | |
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| Background and History | |
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| General Components of the Vascular Network | |
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| The One-Way Circulation: Valves Tell the Story | |
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| Ligation for Control of Blood Loss | |
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| Important Parameters of Cardiovascular Function | |
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| Aspects of the Blood Pressure | |
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| The Coronary Arteries and "Heart Attacks" | |
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| Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) | |
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| The Blood and its Disorders | |
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| The Hematocrit and Erythrocytes (RBCs) | |
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| The Buffy Coat | |
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| The Blood Plasma and Serum | |
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| Medical Case History: A Stubborn Dad Suffers Repeated "Small Heart Attacks" | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 8 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 8 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Respiratory System | |
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| Background and History | |
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| An Overview of the Respiratory System | |
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| The Upper Respiratory Tract | |
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| Some Disorders of the Upper Respiratory Tract | |
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| What Comes After the Trachea? The Lower Respiratory Tract! | |
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| Normal versus Abnormal Types of Pulmonary Ventilation | |
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| Gas and the Guillotine: The Saga of Antoine Lavoisier | |
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| Medical Case History: An Emergency Tracheotomy to Treat Airway Obstruction | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 9 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 9 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 4 | |
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| Our Body Senses | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Glands and Skin | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Overview of the Integumentary System (Skin) | |
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| The Skin and Its Disorders | |
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| Glands and Hormones | |
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| Medical Case History: Diabetes Mellitus and Insulin Shock | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 10 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 10 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Nervous System and Special Senses | |
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| Background and History | |
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| The Brain and Its Organic Problems | |
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| Some Neuroses and Psychoses | |
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| Philippe Pinel Unchains the Insane | |
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| Spinal Cord Disorders | |
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| Some Disorders of Vision and Hearing | |
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| Medical Case History: Cerebrovascular Accident and Aphasia | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 11 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 11 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 5 | |
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| Welcome to Life in the Land "Down Under"! | |
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| Terms Related to Disorders of the Digestive Tract | |
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| Background and History | |
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| The Five Major Functions of the Digestive Tract | |
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| Major Organs of the Digestive Tract | |
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| Summary of Digestive Tract Anatomy | |
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| A Detailed Look at the Stomach | |
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| Digestive Upsets as Disturbances in Body Acid-Base Balance | |
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| Medical Case History: An Attack of Acute Appendicitis | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 12 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 12 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Terms Related to Pregnancy and Urogenital Disorders | |
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| Background and History | |
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| Our Urinary System: The Critical Kidney Connection | |
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| Urine Formation | |
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| The Urinary Pathway | |
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| Some Urinary Disorders | |
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| The Genital (Reproductive) System | |
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| Some Male Reproductive Disorders | |
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| Ova and Their Pathway to Pregnancy | |
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| Pregnancy versus Birth | |
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| Some Disorders of Pregnancy and Birth | |
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| Medical Case History: Modern-Day Toxemia of Pregnancy | |
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| A Final Farewell | |
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| Quiz | |
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| Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 13 | |
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| Answers for Chapter 13 Summary Tables | |
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| Answers to Probe of Case History | |
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| Test: Part 6 | |
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| Final Exam | |
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| Answers to Quiz, Test, and Exam Questions | |
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| Index | |