Medical Terminology (INQ 122)

Term: 2024-2025 Spring Term

Faculty

Jenny LindlerShow MyInfo popup for Jenny Lindler

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Office hours are either by appointment or electronically. Monday: 2:00p-3:30p, Tuesday: 8:00a-11:00a, Wednesday: 1:00p-3:00p, Thursday: 8:00a-11:00a, and Friday: 8:00a-11:00a. *These hours are listed as a guideline for my availability. Please request an appointment if you need a specific time or need a time outside the listed times.

 

Schedule

Tue-Thu, 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM (1/27/2025 - 5/7/2025) Location: MAIN DNH 116

Description

This course will be an application of medical terminology in a clinical setting. Students may utilize television dramas, YouTube, Pod cast, and other media offerings as a basis from which to extrapolate medical terminology. Medical terminology will be learned through the practical application of prefixes, root words, and suffixes to integrate and utilize these terms in a practical setting.
Prior to the viewing, students will be informed and instructed in the various components of medical terminology with particular emphasis placed on the 16 organ systems.

• Basic Elements of a Medical Word
• Integumentary, Digestive, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Systems
• Blood, Musculoskeletal, Urinary, Female Reproductive, and Male Reproductive
• Endocrine, Nervous, and Special Senses

Throughout the course, students examine the usage and meaning of medical terminology. In addition, emphasis will be placed on prefixes, root words, and suffixes. Student will develop a methodology f