Unit 1 HolismTerminology 1
Text A Holistic Medicine 3
Text B Whole Medical Systems:An Overview 10
Text C Yoga Gets Better with Age! 16
Unit 2 The Musculoskeletal SystemTerminology 19
Text A The Musculoskeletal System 22
Text B Enzyme Therapy for Arthritis Pain 27
Text C Are You Getting Sleepy...Sleepy?Well,Snap out of It. 32
Unit 3 The Nervous SystemTerminology 35
Text A The Nervous System 38
Text B Alzheimer's Disease 44
Text C Tension Headaches:Dealing Day-to-Day 49
The Oath of a Medical Student 52
Unit 4 The Circulatory SystemTerminology 53
Text A The Circulatory System 56
Text B Coronary Artery Disease 62
Text C 10 Easy Steps to a Healthier Heart 67
Unit 5 The Respiratory SystemTerminology 69
Text A The Respiratory System and Respiration 72
Text B Asthma 78
Text C Smoking and Asthma 83
Hippocratic Quotes 86
Unit 6 The Digestive SystemTerminology 87
Text A The Digestive System and Its Organs 90
1ext B Duodenal Ulcer 97
Text C Ways to Support Healthy Digestion 101
Unit 7 The Urinary SystemTerminology 105
Text A Urinary Tract Infections in Adults 107
Text B Some Means for Making Diagnosis of Disorders of the Urinary System 115
Text C Chronic Kidney Disease:A Family Affair 119
Main Human Rights and Principles Goveming Medical Care 124
Unit 8 The Immune SystemTerminology 125
Text A Malaria and the Human Immune System 127
Text B Basics of the Immune System:An Overview 132
Text C History of Immunology 136
Unit 9 PhysiologyTerminology 139
Text A Psychology:The Search for Understanding 141
Text B Pay Attention to Attention! 147
Text C The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974 150
Unit 10 HistoembryologyTerminology 153
Text A Histotechniaues 155
Text B What the Skin Does and Tells 161
Text C A Short Tale on Histology History! 165
Song of Nurse 168
Unit 11 Cloning and GenesTerminology 169
Text A Cloning:An Overview 171
Text B Gene Therapy 179
Text C Idaho Gem,the World's First Cloned Mule 186
The Florence Nightingale Pledge 188
Unit 12 PathologyTerminology 189
Text A Pathology 192
Text B Pathology:A Career in Medicine 201
Text C Warren,Marshall and Helicobacter pylori 207
Unit 13 MedicationTerminology 209
Text A Pharmacology 211
Text B Adverse Reactions to Medications and Drug Allergy 218
Text C Drug Interactions 224
Unit 14 MicrobiologyTerminology 227
Text A Microbiology 230
Text B Intestinal Microbes Could Help Solve Nutritional Problems 237
Text C New Longevity Genes Identified 241
Unit 15 A Survey of MedicineTerminology 243
Text A A Survey of Modern Medicine 245
Text B Emerging Trends in Medical Device Technology:Home Is Where the Heart Monitor Is 253
Text C Clinical Medicine:Antibiotics and Vaccines 259
Answer Key 261
AppendicesAppendix 1 Prefixes of Medical English 304
Appendix 2 Suffixes of Medical English 312
Appendix 3 Common Medical Abbreviations 315
Appendix 4 Departments in Foundamental Medical School 325
Appendix 5 Glossary 326