Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Analyze and divide medical words into component parts.
• Build medical words using common suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms.
• Name the organs of the digestive system.
• Describe the functions of all the components of the digestive system.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the digestive system.
• Name the organs of the urinary system.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the urinary system.
• Use terminology related to the organs and diseases of the urinary system.
• Name the organs of the male and female reproductive systems.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the male and female reproductive systems.
• Use terminology related to the organs and the diseases of the male and female reproductive systems.
• Name the organs of the nervous system.
• Describe the function of all the component parts of the nervous system.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the nervous system.
• Use terminology related to the organs and diseases of the nervous system.
• Name the organs of the cardiovascular system.
• Describe the function of all the components of the cardiovascular system.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the cardiovascular system.
• Name the organs of the respiratory system.
• Describe the functions of all the components of the respiratory system.
• Describe the common disease processes and symptoms that affect the respiratory system.
• Use terminology related to the organs and the diseases the respiratory system.

Effective as of Fall 2018