3.00 Credits
A study of the language of medicine with emphasis on body systems, prefixes, suffixes, root terms, pronunciation and spelling. Emphasis on surgical instruments and procedures, diseases, laboratory tests, clinical procedures, and abbreviations for each system. Terms related to cancer medicine, radiology, nuclear medicine,pharmacology, psychiatry, systemic disorders, and autopsy procedureswill be included. (Formerly HIM 104) Prerequisites: BIOL 2210, 2211 witha grade of a C or better. Corequisite: BIOL 2220, 2221.