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Motion of a limb away from the midline
Abduction
Motion of a limb toward the midline
Add duction
Different surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
Anterior
The pointed extremity of the conical structure
Apex
Hey body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Bilateral
The Val used to combine two words roots or a word root and suffix
Combining vowel
Further inside the body and away from the skin
Deep
Further from the trunk or in your to be free and of the extremity
Distal
The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
Dorsal
The straightening of a joint
Extension
The bending of a joint
Flexion
And incline position in which the head of the bed is raised
Fowler position
Below a body part or nearer to the feet
Inferior
Parts of the body that lion farther from the midline; also called outer structures
Lateral
Parts of the body that like closer to the midline; also called inner structures
Medial
The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
Palmer
The bottom surface of the foot
Planter
The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position
Posterior
Part of the term that appears before he word route, changing the meaning of the term
Prefix
Laying face down
Prone
Closer to the trunk
Proximal
Describe the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which to imaginary lines intersect at the Umbilicus dividing the abdomen into Four equal areas
Quadrants
The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
Suffix
Closer to or on the skin
Superficial
Above a body part or nearer to the head
Superior
Laying face up
Supine
The anterior surface of the body
Ventral
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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