BSS SYLLABUS

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION - SYLLABUS
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CHAPTER I - BASIC WORD STRUCTURE, SECTION:
1	OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THE MEDICAL LANGUAGE.
2	WORD ANALYSIS.
3	COMBINING FORMS, SUFFIXES,AND PREFIXES.
4	EXERCISES.
5	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER II - TERMS PERTAINING TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE,SECTION
1	STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY.
2	BODY CAVITIES.
3	ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS AND QUADRANTS.
4	DIVISIONS OF THE BACK.
5	POSITIONAL AND DIRECTIONAL TERMS.
6	PLANES OF THE BODY.
7	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES, AND SUFFIXES.
8	EXERCISES.
9	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER III - SUFFIXES,SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	COMBINING FORMS.
3	SUFFIXES AND TERMINOLOGY.
4	APPENDICES.
5	EXERCISES.
6	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER IV - PREFIXES SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	COMBINING FORMS.
3	PREFIXES AND TERMINOLOGY
4	APPENDICES.
5	EXERCISES.
6	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER V - DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
3	VOCABULARY.
4	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
5	PATHOLOGY OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM.
6	EXERCISES.
7	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER VI - ADDITIONAL SUFFIXES AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TERMINOLOGY, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	SUFFIXES.
3	COMBINING FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY.
4	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PRODURES AND ABBREVIATION.
5	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
6	EXERCISES.
7	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER VII - URINARY SYSTEM, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	ANATOMY OF THE MAJOR ORGANS.
3	HOW THE KIDNEYS PRODUCE URINE.
4	VOCABULARY.
5	TERMINOLOGY,STRUCTURES,SUBSTANCES AND URINARY SYMPTOMS.
6	URINALYSIS.
7	PATHOLOGICAL TERMINOLOGY:KIDNEY,BLADDER AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS.
8	LABORATORY TESTS,CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
9	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
10	EXERCISES.
11	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER VIII - FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	ORGANS OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM.
3	MENSTRUATION INTERACTIONS.
4	VOCABULARY.
5	TERMINOLOGY,COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES & SUFFIXES.
6	PATHOLOGY: GYNECOLOGICAL AND BREAST, PREGNANCY & NEONATAL.
7	CLINICAL TESTS, PROCEDURES, AND ABBREVIATIONS.
8	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
9	EXERCISE.
10	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER IX - MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	ANATOMY.
3	VOCBULARY.
4	COMBINING FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY.
5	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS: SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE.
6	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES, AND ABBREVIATIONS.
7	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
8	EXERCISE.
9	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER X - NERVOUS SYSTEM, SECTION
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
3	NEURONS,NERVES,AND NEUROGLIA.
4	THE BRAIN.
5	THE SPINAL CORD, AND MENINGES.
6	VOCABULARY.
7	COMBINING FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY.
8	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
9	LABORATORY TESTS,CLINICAL PROCEDURES AND ABBREVIATIONS.
10	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
11	EXERCISE.
12	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 11. CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, SECTION.
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	BLOOD VESSELS AND THE CIRCULATION OF BLOOD.
3	ANATOMY OF THE HEART.
4	PHYSIOLOGY OF THE HEART.
5	BLOOD PRESSURE.
6	VOCABULARY.
7	COMBINING FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY.
8	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS: THE HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS.
9	LABORATORY TEST, CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
10	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
11	EXERCISES.
12	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 12. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM, SECTION.
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION.
3	VOCABULARY.
4	COMBINING FORMS AND TERMINOLOGY.
5	DIAGNOSTIC AND PATHOLOGICAL ABBREVIATIONS.
6	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
7	EXERCISE.
8	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 13. BLOOD SYSTEM, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	COMPOSITION AND FORMATION OF BLOOD.
3	BLOOD GROUPS.
4	BLOOD CLOTTING.
5	VOCABULARY.
6	COMBINING FORMS, SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
7	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
8	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
9	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
10	EXERCISE.
11	PRANUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 14. LYMPHATIC AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.
3	IMMUNE SYSTEM.
4	VOCABULARY.
5	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
6	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
7	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
8	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
9	EXERCISE.
10	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 15. MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	BONES.
3	FORMATION AND STRUCTURE.
4	PROCESSES AND DEPRESSIONS IN BONES.
5	CRANIAL BONE.
6	FACIAL BONES.
7	VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND STRUCTURE OF VERTEBRAE.
8	BONES OF THE THORAX, PELVIS , AND EXTREMITIES.
9	VOCABULARY.
10	COMBINING FORMS AND FRACTURES.
11	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS AND FRACTURES. JOINTS.
12	TYPES OF JOINTS.
13	BURSAE.
14	VOCABULARY.
15	COMBINING FORMS AND SUFFIXES.
16	PATHOLOGICAL.MUSCLES.
17	TYPES OF MUSCLES.
18	ACTIONS OF SKELETAL MUSCLES.
19	VOCABULARY.
20	COMBINING FORMS AND SUFFIXES.
21	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
22	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
23	PRACTICAL APPLICATION.
24	EXERCISE.
25	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 16. SKIN, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	STRUCTURE OF THE SKIN.
3	ACCESSORY ORGANS OF THE SKIN.
4	VOCABULARY.
5	COMBINING FORMS AND SUFFIXES.
6	LESIONS, SYMPTOMS, ABNORMAL CONDITIONS, AND SKIN NEOPLASMS.
7	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES, AND ABBREVATIONS.
8	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
9	EXERCISE.
10	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 17. SENSE ORGANS:THE EYES AND THE EAR, SECTION :
1	INTRODUCTION. THE EYE
2	ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION.
3	VOCABULARY.
4	COMBINING FORMS,SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY,STRUCTURE AND FLUIDS, CONDITIONS.
5	ERRORS OF REFRACTION.
6	PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
7	CLINICAL PROCEDURES.
8	ABBREVIATIONS. THE EAR.
9	ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION.
10	VOCABULARY.
11	COMBINING FORMS,SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
12	ABNORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
13	CLINICAL PROCEDURES.
14	ABBREVIATIONS.
15	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
16	EXERCISE.
17	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 18. ENDOCRINE SYSTEM, SECTION.
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	THYROID GLAND.
3	PARATHYROID GLANDS.
4	ADRENAL GLANDS.
5	PANCREAS.
6	PITUITARY GLAND.
7	OVARIES.
8	TESTS.
9	VOCABULARY.
10	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES,SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.GLANDS AND RELATED TERMS.
11	ABNORMAL CONDITIONS.
12	LABORATORY TESTS,CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
13	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
14	EXERCISE.
15	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 19. CANCER MEDICINE (ONCOLOGY) SECTION.
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	CHARACTERISTICS OF TUMORS.
3	CARCINOGENESIS.
4	CLASSIFICATION OF TUMORS.
5	PATHOLOGIC DESCRIPTIONS.
6	GRADING AND STAGING SYSTEM.
7	CANCER TREATMENT.
8	VOCABULARY.
9	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES, SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
10	LABORATORY TESTS, CLINICAL PROCEDURES,AND ABBREVIATIONS.
11	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
12	EXERCISE.
13	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 20. RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, AND RADIATION THERAPY, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	RADIOLOGY.
3	CHARACTERISTICS OF X-RAYS.
4	DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES.
5	X-RAY POSITIONING.
6	NUCLEAR MEDICINE.
7	RADIOACTIVITY AND RADIONUCLIDES.
8	NUCLEAR MEDICINE TEST: IN VITRO AND IN VIVO PROCEDURES.
9	RADIATION THERAPY (RADIATION ONCOLOGY)
10	VOCABULARY.
11	COMBINING FORMS, PREFIXES,SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
12	ABBREVIATIONS,
13	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
14	EXERCISE.
15	PRONUNCIATION TERMS.
CHAPTER 21. PHARMACOLOGY, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	DRUG NAME, STANDARDS,AND REFERENCES.
3	ADMINISTRATION IF DRUGS.
4	TERMINOLOGY OF DRUG ACTION.
5	DRUG TOXICITY.
6	CLASSES OF DRUGS.
7	VOCABULARY.
8	COMBINING FORMS,PREFIXES,SUFFIXES,AND TERMINOLOGY.
9	ABBREVIATION.
10	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
11	EXERCISES.
12	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.
CHAPTER 22. PSYCHIATRY, SECTION:
1	INTRODUCTION.
2	PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS.
3	PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS.
4	THERAPEUTIC TERMINOLOGY.
5	VOCABULARY.
6	COMBINING FORMS,PREFIXES,SUFFIXES, AND TERMINOLOGY.
7	ABBREVIATIONS.
8	PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
9	EXERCISE.
10	PRONUNCIATION OF TERMS.