Ch. 5 - Medical Terminology

Question 1

Broncho/pulmo

Answer 1

Lungs

Question 2

Cardi

Answer 2

Heart

Question 3

Gastro

Answer 3

Stomach

Question 4

Hepat

Answer 4

liver

Question 5

neur

Answer 5

nerve

Question 6

nas

Answer 6

nose/nasal

Question 7

or

Answer 7

mouth/oral

Question 8

pneumo

Answer 8

air/lungs

Question 9

Ab-

Answer 9

away from

Question 10

Ad-

Answer 10

toward or near

Question 11

Ante-

Answer 11

Before

Question 12

Brady-

Answer 12

slow/below normal

Question 13

Contra-

Answer 13

against

Question 14

dys-

Answer 14

difficult or painful

Question 15

hyper-

Answer 15

above normal, high

Question 16

hypo-

Answer 16

below normal, low

Question 17

inter-

Answer 17

between

Question 18

peri-

Answer 18

around

Question 19

poly-

Answer 19

many

Question 20

post-

Answer 20

after

Question 21

pre-

Answer 21

before

Question 22

-super/supra

Answer 22

above or in excess

Question 23

tachy-

Answer 23

above normal, rapid

Question 24

uni-

Answer 24

one

Question 25

-ac

Answer 25

pertaining to

Question 26

-algia

Answer 26

pain

Question 27

-emesis

Answer 27

vomiting

Question 28

-itis

Answer 28

inflammation

Question 29

-ology

Answer 29

study of

Question 30

-plegia

Answer 30

paralaysis

Question 31

-pnea

Answer 31

breathing

Question 32

-rrhea

Answer 32

discharge

Question 33

-spasm

Answer 33

contraction

Question 34

-al

Answer 34

pertaining to

Question 35

-ist

Answer 35

one who specializes in

Question 36

study of body structure

Answer 36

anatomy

Question 37

study of body function

Answer 37

physiology

Question 38

plane dividing the body left/right

Answer 38

sagittal (median) plane

Question 39

Plane dividing the body front/back

Answer 39

frontal (coronal) plane

Question 40

plane dividing the body top/bottom

Answer 40

transverse (horizontal) plane

Question 41

closer to the body’s midline

Answer 41

medial

Question 42

farther from the body’s midline

Answer 42

lateral

Question 43

bilateral

Answer 43

both sides

Question 44

line extending from armpit to ankle

Answer 44

mid-axillary line

Question 45

term for front of body

Answer 45

anterior (ventral)

Question 46

term for back of body

Answer 46

posterior (dorsal)

Question 47

term for above

Answer 47

superior

Question 48

term for below

Answer 48

inferior

Question 49

prosimal

Answer 49

closer to the torso

Question 50

dorsal

Answer 50

farther from the torso

Question 51

referring to the hand

Answer 51

palmar

Question 52

referring to the foot

Answer 52

plantar

Question 53

patient lying on their back

Answer 53

supine

Question 54

patient lying on their stomach

Answer 54

prone

Question 55

patient lying on their side

Answer 55

recovery (lateral recombant)

Question 56

patient elevated on a stretcher

Answer 56

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