Introduction 1 Part 1: Living for Linguistics 5 Chapter 1: Scrubbing In to Master Medical Terminology 7 Chapter 2: Medical Terminology: The How and Why 13 Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three: Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes 21 Chapter 4: Acronyms, Antonyms, Eponyms, Homonyms, Multiples, and Plurals -- Oh My! 35 Chapter 5: Say What? Pronunciation and Usage 53 Part 2: Mapping Words and Bodies 65 Chapter 6: As It Was in the Beginning: Prefixes. 67 Chapter 7: So It Shall Be in the End: Suffixes 81 Chapter 8: Hey, I Know You: Word Recognition 89 Chapter 9: Deconstruction Junction: Breaking Down Words 97 Chapter 10: An Org Chart to Live By: Organization of the Body 107 Chapter 11: All Systems Go: When Systems Combine 121 Chapter 12: Lockdown Life: The Terminology of Global Health Crises 131 Part 3: In Terms of Anatomy 139 Chapter 13: Boning Up on the Skeletal System 141 Chapter 14: Getting Ripped: The Muscular System 161 Chapter 15: Skin Deep: Skin, Glands, Nails, and Hair 177 Chapter 16: It Depends on Your Perception: The Sensory Systems 195 Part 4: Let's Get Some Physiology Terminology 215 Chapter 17: The Heart of the Matter: The Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems 217 Chapter 18: Just Breathe: The Respiratory System 243 Chapter 19: Feeding Time: The Gastrointestinal System 261 Chapter 20: Gatekeepers of Health: The Endocrine System 281 Chapter 21: Calming Down: The Nervous System 299 Part 5: Name That Plumbing 315 Chapter 22: When You Gotta Go: The Urinary System 317 Chapter 23: Check the Plumbing: The Male Reproductive System 333 Chapter 24: A Life Force: The Female Reproductive System 347 Part 6: The Part of Tens 371 Chapter 25: Ten Essential Medical Terminology References 373 Chapter 26: Ten or So Useful Mnemonic Devices 377 Index 381.