Chapter 3

Question 1

anter/o

Answer 1

front

Question 2

caud/o

Answer 2

tail (downward)

Question 3

cephal/o

Answer 3

head (upward)

Question 4

dist/o

Answer 4

away (from point of attachment of body part)

Question 5

dors/o

Answer 5

back

Question 6

infer/o

Answer 6

below

Question 7

later/o

Answer 7

side

Question 8

medi/o

Answer 8

middle

Question 9

poster/o

Answer 9

back,behind

Question 10

proxim/o

Answer 10

near (point of attachment of body part)

Question 11

super/o

Answer 11

above

Question 12

ventr/o

Answer 12

belly (front)

Question 13

bi-

Answer 13

two

Question 14

uni-

Answer 14

one

Question 15

-ad

Answer 15

toward

Question 16

-ior

Answer 16

pertaining to

Question 17

caudad

Answer 17

toward tail (or inferior portion of trunk; downward)

Question 18

cephalad

Answer 18

toward head (upward)

Question 19

lateral (lat)

Answer 19

pertaining to a side

Question 20

medial (med)

Answer 20

pertaining to middle

Question 21

unilateral

Answer 21

pertaining to one side (only)

Question 22

bilateral

Answer 22

pertaining to two sides

Question 23

mediolateral

Answer 23

pertaining to middle and to the side

Question 24

distal

Answer 24

pertaining to away (from point of attachment of a body part)

Question 25

proximal

Answer 25

pertaining to near (to point of attachment of body part)

Question 26

inferior

Answer 26

pertaining to below

Question 27

superior

Answer 27

pertaining to above

Question 28

caudal

Answer 28

pertaining to tail

Question 29

cephalic

Answer 29

pertain got head

Question 30

anterior

Answer 30

pertaining to front

Question 31

posterior

Answer 31

pertaining to back

Question 32

dorsal

Answer 32

pertaining to back

Question 33

ventral

Answer 33

pertaining to belly

Question 34

anteroposterior (AP)

Answer 34

pertaining to front and back

Question 35

posteroanterior (PA)

Answer 35

pertaining to back and front

Question 36

frontal or coronal

Answer 36

vertical plane passing through body from side to side, dividing body into anterior and posterior portions

Question 37

midsagittal

Answer 37

vertical plane passing through body from front to back at midline, dividing body equally into right and left halves

Question 38

parasagittal

Answer 38

vertical plan passing through body from front to back, dividing body into unequal left and right sides

Question 39

sagittal

Answer 39

vertical plane passing through body from front to back, dividing body into right and left sides

Question 40

transverse

Answer 40

horizontal plane dividing body into superior and inferior portions

Question 41

fowler position

Answer 41

semi-sitting position with slight elevation of knees

Question 42

lithotomy position

Answer 42

lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and externally rotated

Question 43

orthopnea position

Answer 43

sitting erect in a chair or sitting upright in bed supported by pillows behind the head and chest (also called orthopneic position)

Question 44

prone position

Answer 44

lying on abdomen, facing downward

Question 45

recumbent position

Answer 45

lying down in any position

Question 46

sims position

Answer 46

lying on left side with right knee drawn up and with left arm drawn behind, parallel to back

Question 47

supine position

Answer 47

lying on back, facing upward

Question 48

trendelenburg position

Answer 48

lying on back with body tilted so head is lower than feet

Question 49

umbilical region

Answer 49

around navel

Question 50

lumbar regions (2)

Answer 50

to right and left of umbilical region near waist

Question 51

epigastric region (1)

Answer 51

superior to umbilical region

Question 52

hypochondriac regions (2)

Answer 52

to right and left of epigastric region

Question 53

hypogastric region (1)

Answer 53

inferior to umbilical region

Question 54

iliac regions (2)

Answer 54

to right and left of hypogastric region, near groin