AHS 102 Medical Terminology Journal Article Summary Assignment

3. Narrow Your Topic

Once you have selected a body system, follow these steps to narrow your topic:

1. Break down your body system by thinking about parts of that body system. 

For example: Parts of the Respiratory System include: lungs, larynx, throat, trachea etc.

2. Then, list diseases related to the body system:

Example: COPD, Bronchitis, Asthma, Emphysema etc.

3. Finally, narrow down your topic to what you are most interested in. (pick a topic)

This narrowed topic may be the only keyword(s) you need for your search. Example - Asthma.

Or before you start searching - think of synonyms or other names for what you chose. These may help you if need to try additional keywords searches to find a good article on your topic.