Medical Terminology Case Study

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1) Why is it important to be able to break down medical terms into component parts? Why not just memorize them?

Being able to break down medical terms into component parts is a necessity, because it helps you understand what each part means. When trying to learn the medical terms it is important to take the needed time to study each word, memorizing is not enough. Memorizing a word signals the brain that the word has been seen, but it does not identify the word with the meaning.

2) What resources can you utilize to learn medical terminology, as well as anatomy/physiology?

There are many resources that you can pull from and use to learn medical terminology, here are two that I think would be helpful. From experience I think flash cards are

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