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Medical Terminology

Credits: 3
Course Number: 10-501-101

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Course Description

10-501-101 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ...focuses on the component parts of medical terms: prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Students practice formation, analysis and reconstruction of terms. Emphasis on spelling, definition and pronunciation. Introduction to operative, diagnostic, therapeutic and symptomatic terminology of all body systems, as well as systemic and surgical terminology.

Course Typically Offered

  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Spring

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What will I learn?

  1. Apply the rules of medical language
  2. Apply medical terms related to the body as a whole
  3. Interpret medical terms related to the lymphatic and immune systems
  4. Interpret medical terms related to the integumentary system
  5. Interpret medical terms related to the female reproductive system
  6. Interpret medical terms related to the male reproductive system
  7. Interpret terms related to the blood
  8. Interpret terms related to the visual and auditory sensory systems
  9. Interpret terms related to the musculoskeletal system
  10. Interpret terms related to the respiratory system
  11. Interpret terms related to the digestive system
  12. Interpret terms related to the nervous system
  13. Interpret terms related to the endocrine system
  14. Interpret terms related to the urinary system
  15. Interpret terms related to the cardiovascular system
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12 classes found

Class Number: 83574

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Sturgeon Bay Campus Room HS101
11/12/2024 - 12/19/2024
Tu, Th — 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Sturgeon Bay Campus Room HS101
1/2/2025 - 1/9/2025
Tu, Th — 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
$496.55

Class Number: 83572

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Luxemburg Room 115
11/6/2024 - 11/25/2024
M, W, F — 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Luxemburg Room 118
12/2/2024 - 12/11/2024
M, W, F — 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
$496.55

Class Number: 81998

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Green Bay Campus Room HS128
10/24/2024 - 12/19/2024
Tu, Th — 2:30 PM - 5:20 PM
$496.55

Class Number: 81999

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Green Bay Campus Room HS129
10/23/2024 - 12/20/2024
W, F — 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM
$496.55

Class Number: 81987

Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Online
10/23/2024 - 12/20/2024
$496.55

Class Number: 81986

Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W2
Online
10/23/2024 - 12/20/2024
$496.55

Class Number: 81997

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Green Bay Campus Room HS116
8/21/2024 - 10/11/2024
W, F — 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM
$496.55

Class Number: 81996

Date:
-
Delivery:
In-Person
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Green Bay Campus Room HS110
8/20/2024 - 10/8/2024
Tu — 5:30 PM - 8:20 PM
Web Conference
8/22/2024 - 10/10/2024
Th — 5:30 PM - 8:20 PM
$496.55

Class Number: 81977

Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Online
8/19/2024 - 10/14/2024
$496.55

Class Number: 81976

Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Online
8/19/2024 - 10/14/2024
$496.55

Class Number: 83843

Date:
-
Delivery:
Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Online
8/19/2024 - 10/14/2024
$496.55

Class Number: 81891

Date:
-
Delivery:
Blended - Less than 50% Online
Term:
Fall 2024
Session:
8W1
Online
8/17/2024 - 10/14/2024
Marinette Campus Room BT101
8/19/2024 - 10/14/2024
M — 8:30 AM - 11:20 AM
$496.55