Ch 5 Medical Terminology

Question 1

Abdominal Quadrants

Answer 1

Four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury

Question 2

Anatomic Position

Answer 2

The standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy. Body standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward.

Question 3

Anatomy

Answer 3

The study of the body structure.

Question 4

Anterior

Answer 4

The front of the body or body part.

Question 5

Bilateral

Answer 5

On both sides

Question 6

Combining Form

Answer 6

A word root with an added vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form, a new word

Question 7

Compound

Answer 7

A word formed from two or more whole words

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

Farther away from the torso.

Question 9

Dorsal

Answer 9

Referring to the back of the body or the back of the hand or foot.

Question 10

Fowler Position

Answer 10

A sitting position.

Question 11

Inferior

Answer 11

Away from the head, usually compared with another structure that is closer to the head .

Question 12

Lateral

Answer 12

To the side, away from the midline of the body.

Question 13

Medial

Answer 13

Toward the midline of the body.

Question 14

Mid-Axillary Line

Answer 14

A line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle.

Question 15

Mid-Clavicular Line

Answer 15

The line through the center of each clavicle.

Question 16

Midline

Answer 16

An imaginary line drawn down the center of the body, dividing it into right and left halves.

Question 17

Palmar

Answer 17

Referring to the palm of the hand.

Question 18

Physiology

Answer 18

The study of body functions.

Question 19

Plane

Answer 19

A flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object.

Question 20

Plantar

Answer 20

Referring to the sole of the feet.

Question 21

Posterior

Answer 21

The back of the body or body part.

Question 22

Prefix

Answer 22

Word part added to the beginning of a root or word to modify or qualify its meaning

Question 23

Prone

Answer 23

Lying facedown.

Question 24

Recovery Position

Answer 24

Lying in the side. “Lateral Recumbent Position”

Question 25

Root

Answer 25

Foundation of a word that is not a word that can stand on its own.

Question 26

Suffix

Answer 26

Word part added to the end of a word to complete its meaning.

Question 27

Superior

Answer 27

Toward the head.

Question 28

Supine

Answer 28

Lying on the back.

Question 29

Torso

Answer 29

The trunk of the body, or the body without the head and the extremities.

Question 30

Unilateral

Answer 30

Limited to one side.

Question 31

Ventral

Answer 31

Referring to the front of the body. Another word for “anterior”

Question 32

Proximal

Answer 32

Closer to the torso.