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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
DEMYSTIFIED
The Hon. Dr. Dale Pierre Layman, Ph.D.,
Grand Ph.D. in Medicine (Belgium)
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CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1
CHAPTER 1
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY
The Basic Ideas, or “Hey! It’s Just Greek
(or Latin) to Me!”
Background and History
Early Medical Laws: The Code of
Hammurabi
Healing, Not Hurting: Enter the
Ancient Greeks and Asclepius
The Greek Foundation of Modern
Medicine: Hippocrates
Physiology and Galen
Vesalius: The Founder of Modern
Anatomy
Diseases, Injuries, and Therapies
“So, Just Where Do We Put Our ’Memory
Pills ’?”
Medical Terms and Word Parts
Word Dissection or Analysis
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Word Translation
Word Building or Synthesis
Summary of Word Parts
The Magic of the Combining Vowel:
“A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the
Medicine Go Down!”
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
Terms of Anatomy, Anesthesia,
and Surgery
Background and History
Trephination: One of the Earliest
Forms of Surgery Was
“Hole-istic Medicine”!
John Hunter: The Father of Scientific
Surgery Had Night Visits from
Grave Robbers!
William Morton: Anesthesia Gets
“Real”
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 2
Answers for Chapter 2 Summary Tables
Terms of Microbiology and
Infectious Diseases
Background and History
Development of the Microscope:
The Tiny Becomes Visible
Pathogenic Macroscopic (Gross)
Organisms
Pathogenic Fungi: They’re Not All
Just Mushrooms!
Summary Overview of Infectious
Diseases
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Medical Case History: Histoplasmosis—
It’s from the Birds!
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 3
Answers for Chapter 3 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
CHAPTER 4
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Terms of Therapy: Feeling Better!
Background and History
Caring Hands of Nurses Bring Therapy
Some Major Types of Therapy
The Special World of Chemotherapy
Medical Case History: Drug Addiction and
Severe Accidental Overdose
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 4
Answers for Chapter 4 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
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Test: Part 1
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PART 2
CELLS AND BODY DEFENSE
89
CHAPTER 5
Terms of Diagnosis, Immunity, and the
Lymphatic System
91
Background and History
91
An Overview of Immunity
92
The World of Diagnosis: Taking Stock
When Immunity Fails
98
Important Tools and Techniques
Used for Making Diagnoses
100
The Ultimate Challenge: Finding the
“Cause”
105
Medical Case History: Suddenly Stricken
with Tonsillitis
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Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 5
Answers for Chapter 5 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
CHAPTER 6
Terms Related to Disorders of the Cells
and Body Tissues
Background and History
The Two Size-Worlds of Anatomy
Biological Order and Clinical Health
Normal A&P of the Human Cell
Normal A&P of the Body Tissues
Biological Disorder and Morbidity
Cellular Pathology and Tissue
Necrosis
Medical Case History: Terminal Lung
Cancer in a Chronic Smoker—A Bad
Dream of Hyperplasia
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 6
Answers for Chapter 6 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
Test: Part 2
PART 3
BONES AND MUSCLES
CHAPTER 7
Terms of Skeletal and Muscular
Disorders, or “There’s Too Much Trouble
in This Joint !”
Background and History
The Skeletal System and Its Organs
Disorders of Bones and Joints
The Muscular System and Its Organs
Disorders of Skeletal Muscles
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Medical Case History: Arthroscopy of the
Knee Joint in an Injured Runner
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 7
Answers for Chapter 7 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
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Test: Part 3
192
PART 4
MOVING OUR BLOOD AND AIR
CHAPTER 8
Terms Related to Disorders of the Heart
and Blood Vessels
Background and History
General Components of the Vascular
Network
The One-Way Circulation: Valves Tell
the Story
Ligation for Control of Blood Loss
Important Parameters of
Cardiovascular Function
Aspects of the Blood Pressure
The Coronary Arteries and “Heart Attacks”
Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart
Disease (CHD)
The Blood and its Disorders
The Hematocrit and Erythrocytes
(RBCs)
The Buffy Coat
The Blood Plasma and Serum
Medical Case History: A Stubborn Dad
Suffers Repeated “Small Heart
Attacks”
Quiz
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Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 8
Answers for Chapter 8 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
CHAPTER 9
Terms Related to Disorders of the
Respiratory System
Background and History
An Overview of the Respiratory
System
The Upper Respiratory Tract
Some Disorders of the Upper
Respiratory Tract
What Comes After the Trachea? The
Lower Respiratory Tract!
Normal versus Abnormal Types of
Pulmonary Ventilation
Gas and the Guillotine: The Saga of
Antoine Lavoisier
Medical Case History: An Emergency
Tracheotomy to Treat Airway
Obstruction
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 9
Answers for Chapter 9 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
Test: Part 4
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PART 5
OUR BODY SENSES
265
CHAPTER 10
Terms Related to Disorders of the Glands
and Skin
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Background and History
Overview of the Integumentary
System (Skin)
The Skin and Its Disorders
Glands and Hormones
Medical Case History: Diabetes Mellitus
and Insulin Shock
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 10
Answers for Chapter 10 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
CHAPTER 11
Terms Related to Disorders of the
Nervous System and Special Senses
Background and History
The Brain and Its Organic Problems
Some Neuroses and Psychoses
Philippe Pinel Unchains the Insane
Spinal Cord Disorders
Some Disorders of Vision and Hearing
Medical Case History: Cerebrovascular
Accident and Aphasia
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 11
Answers for Chapter 11 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
Test: Part 5
PART 6
WELCOME TO LIFE IN THE LAND
“DOWN UNDER”!
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CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
Terms Related to Disorders of the
Digestive Tract
Background and History
The Five Major Functions of the
Digestive Tract
Major Organs of the Digestive Tract
Summary of Digestive Tract Anatomy
A Detailed Look at the Stomach
Digestive Upsets as Disturbances in
Body Acid-Base Balance
Medical Case History: An Attack of Acute
Appendicitis
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 12
Answers for Chapter 12 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
Terms Related to Pregnancy and
Urogenital Disorders
Background and History
Our Urinary System: The Critical
Kidney Connection
Urine Formation
The Urinary Pathway
Some Urinary Disorders
The Genital (Reproductive) System
Some Male Reproductive Disorders
Ova and Their Pathway to Pregnancy
Pregnancy versus Birth
Some Disorders of Pregnancy and
Birth
Medical Case History: Modern-Day Toxemia
of Pregnancy
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A Final Farewell
Quiz
Memory Pillboxes for Chapter 13
Answers for Chapter 13 Summary Tables
Answers to Probe of Case History
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Test: Part 6
392
Final Exam
397
Answers to Quiz, Test, and Exam
Questions
415
Index
421
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