Chapter 05 Medical Terminology

  1. Motion of a limb away from the midline
    Abduction
  2. Motion of a limb toward the midline
    Add duction
  3. Different surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
    Anterior
  4. The pointed extremity of the conical structure
    Apex
  5. Hey body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
    Bilateral
  6. The Val used to combine two words roots or a word root and suffix
    Combining vowel
  7. Further inside the body and away from the skin
    Deep
  8. Further from the trunk or in your to be free and of the extremity
    Distal
  9. The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
    Dorsal
  10. The straightening of a joint
    Extension
  11. The bending of a joint
    Flexion
  12. And incline position in which the head of the bed is raised
    Fowler position
  13. Below a body part or nearer to the feet
    Inferior
  14. Parts of the body that lion farther from the midline; also called outer structures
    Lateral
  15. Parts of the body that like closer to the midline; also called inner structures
    Medial
  16. The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
    Palmer
  17. The bottom surface of the foot
    Planter
  18. The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position
    Posterior
  19. Part of the term that appears before he word route, changing the meaning of the term
    Prefix
  20. Laying face down
    Prone
  21. Closer to the trunk
    Proximal
  22. Describe the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which to imaginary lines intersect at the Umbilicus dividing the abdomen into Four equal areas
    Quadrants
  23. The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
    Suffix
  24. Closer to or on the skin
    Superficial
  25. Above a body part or nearer to the head
    Superior
  26. Laying face up
    Supine
  27. The anterior surface of the body
    Ventral
  28. The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
    Word root
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Chapter 05 Medical Terminology
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Medical terminology
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