Unit 17: The Muscular System
Description:
This section introduces common medical terms associated with the muscular system. Medical terms associated with the three types of muscle are introduced. It also includes animations showing the basic principle of muscle action using the biceps and triceps muscles of the arm and the action of smooth, striated and cardiac muscle.
The types of interactive exercise you will use in this section are the:
Dictionary Exercise |
Components of medical words and their meanings can be repeatedly flashed on to the screen to aid learning. |
Word Exercise |
Components learnt in the dictionary exercises can be dragged and dropped to form medical words associated with their meanings. |
Spelling Exercise |
You type in medical words that fit a definition and then check your score or make corrections |
Anatomy Exercise |
Click on types of muscle then check associated combining forms. |
Flash Cards |
All the components of words used in this section are flashed onto the screen for you to guess their meaning. Included are prefixes, combining forms of word roots and suffixes. |
Dictation Exercise |
You spell words from dictation. Each word is pronounced when you press a button, the word is entered by typing into a box and checking your score. |
Self-Assessment Exercise |
Interactive exercises that check knowledge of: anatomy, meanings of prefixes, combining forms and suffixes, ability to spell medical terms from their meanings and from dictation. |
| Word Check | A short, simple list of medical terms, common diseases, abbreviations and procedures that might be used in typical medical practice records. This last section is used for reference only and is non-interactive. |
Access: |
The interactive course is available for 1 year from date of purchase and is studied via the internet on your computer. After one year the course can be renewed at no further cost by individual students. |