Every career in health care begins with learning the vast and challenging language of medical terminology. Without adequate learning and teaching resources, it can be an overwhelming challenge for students and faculty. This new edition of Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide meets that challenge with a clear organizational scheme, full-color illustrations with a strong clinical focus, a wide array of effective pedagogical features, a variety of activities, and useful ancillaries to make teaching and learning more effective. Because the content is so accessible and logically organized, the text can be used as part of classroom instruction, for independent study, or for distance learning