OPH 102 - Medical Terminology

Credits 3
Students learn and practice the fundamentals of medical terminology for identifying medical word structures and definitions. The information is then linked to the words and pathophysiology of the same body systems studied in Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology.
Course Outcomes

Describe the component parts of medical terms.
Analyze the component parts of a medical term.
Use basic prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms to build medical terms.