Ch. 5 Medical Terminology Vocabulary

Question 1

Abduction

Answer 1

Motion of a limb away from the midline.

Question 2

Adduction

Answer 2

Motion of a limb toward the midline.

Question 3

Anterior

Answer 3

The front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position.

Question 4

Apex (plural: apices)

Answer 4

The pointed extremity of a conical structure.

Question 5

Bilateral

Answer 5

A body part of condition that appears on both sides of the midline.

Question 6

Combining vowel

Answer 6

The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix.

Question 7

Deep

Answer 7

Farther inside the body and away from the skin.

Question 8

Distal

Answer 8

Farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity.

Question 9

Dorsal

Answer 9

The posterior surface of the body; including the back of the hand.

Question 10

Extension

Answer 10

The straightening of a joint.

Question 11

Flexion

Answer 11

The bending of a joint.

Question 12

Fowler position

Answer 12

An inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised.

Question 13

Inferior

Answer 13

Below a body part of nearer to the feet.

Question 14

Lateral

Answer 14

Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called the outer structures.

Question 15

Medial

Answer 15

Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called the inner structures.

Question 16

Palmar

Answer 16

The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position.

Question 17

Plantar

Answer 17

The bottom surface of the foot.

Question 18

Posterior

Answer 18

The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position.

Question 19

Prefix

Answer 19

The part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term.

Question 20

Prone

Answer 20

Lying face down.

Question 21

Quadrants

Answer 21

Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, deviding the abdomen into four equal areas.

Question 22

Suffix

Answer 22

The part of a term that comes after the word root, at the end of the term.

Question 23

Superficial

Answer 23

Closer to or on the skin.

Question 24

Ventral

Answer 24

The anterior surface of the body.

Question 25

Word root

Answer 25

The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning.