ST105 Medical Terminology (1 cr.)

This course is designed to provide the student with the skills necessary to identify, pronounce, spell, and use correct medical terminology.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

1. Identify the organs and structures of human body systems.
2. Define the word roots and combining forms used to describe the organs and human body structures.
3. Define suffixes and prefixes in medical terminology.
4. Construct and define compound words as they relate to medical terminology.
5. Derive the meaning of new medical terms by analyzing their elements.
6. Correctly pronounce and spell medical terminology