EHR 100 - Medical Terminology for the Healthcare Profession

3 Credit Hours

This course is designed for students to become familiar with medical terminology emphasizing word parts, body systems, diagnostic and laboratory procedures. Topics include prefixes, combining forms, suffixes, abbreviations and their meaning, skeletal system, muscular system, cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, immune system, respiratory system, digestive system, urinary system, nervous system, special senses (eyes and ears), integumentary system, endocrine system, reproductive system, diagnostic procedures, nuclear medicine, diseases and pharmacology.

Prerequisite(s): COM 050 or COM 051 or ESL 050, and COM 061 or ESL 060 or placement by appropriate score on placement test

Semesters Offered: Fall