Digestive, Endocrine and Urinary Systems

What the resources cover

This unit sits in the strand The Human Body and Disease, within Medicine and health (other or general). It brings three body systems together: digestive, endocrine and urinary. Most of the material is flashcards, and much of it is medical terminology: word parts, combining forms and key terms.

• Urinary: decks on kidneys, ureters, the bladder and the urethra, with word parts such as nephr/o, ren/o and cyst/o, plus Urinary System Vocab and Intravenous Urogram.
• Digestive: Medical Terminology Chapter 6 - Digestive System, Digestive System Combining Forms, and a deck of clinical terms such as dysphagia, emesis and hepatitis.
• Endocrine: Medical Terminology - Chapter 14 Endocrine System, with terms such as insulin, glucagon and the pituitary hormones, plus Endocrine Vocab and Endocrinology.

Where to start

Begin with the vocabulary decks for the system you are studying. Word parts come first because they unlock the longer terms. Then move to a deck that asks questions, such as the Digestive System deck on organs, processes and carbohydrates.

Then take a quiz. Medical Terminology - Lesson 7 Gastrointestinal System asks you to pick procedure names and combining forms. The Language of Medicine quiz on the digestive system uses fill-in-the-blank matching. The note Digestive System - Study Guide is useful for filling gaps afterward.

Using quizzes and mind maps together

Quizzes show you what you can recall. Mind maps show how ideas connect. The mind maps here are a small set, and they lean toward conditions and topics: Goiter, a map on type 1 diabetes and new management strategies, one on endocrine disrupting chemicals, and maps titled DIGESTIVE SYSTEM and Diabetes mellitus.

1. Take a quiz and note the questions you missed.
2. Open a related mind map and find where those ideas sit.
3. Return to the flashcards for the exact terms.
4. Retake the quiz.

Choosing for your own level

The resources lean toward university and professional study, so they suit anyone learning clinical vocabulary and body-system function. Teachers can pick decks and quizzes to set as ready-made practice.

Choose one system, work through a deck and a quiz, then make your own flashcards for the terms that still slip.