Chapter 4

Question 1

anter/o

Answer 1

front

Question 2

caud/o

Answer 2

tail

Question 3

cervic/o

Answer 3

neck

Question 4

chrondr/i

Answer 4

cartilage

Question 5

ili/o

Answer 5

hip, groin

Question 6

medi/o

Answer 6

middle

Question 7

organ/o

Answer 7

tool

Question 8

physi/o

Answer 8

nature

Question 9

pleur/o

Answer 9

pleura, rib

Question 10

ventr/o

Answer 10

belly

Question 11

anatomical position

Answer 11

face forward, arms at side, palms facing forward, legs apart, feet toward

Question 12

supine

Answer 12

lying on the back with face up

Question 13

prone

Answer 13

lying on belly side

Question 14

superior

Answer 14

toward the head end or upper part of the body

Question 15

inferior

Answer 15

away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body

Question 16

anterior (ventral)

Answer 16

toward the front or belly side

Question 17

superficial

Answer 17

external, toward the body surface

Question 18

proximal

Answer 18

toward the origin of attachment to the trunk

Question 19

distal

Answer 19

away from the origin of attachment to the trunk

Question 20

frontal/coronal plane

Answer 20

vertical plane passing through the body from side to side

Question 21

sagittal

Answer 21

dividing left and right

Question 22

transverse

Answer 22

horizontal

Question 23

appendages

Answer 23

membrane-lined spaces with viscera

Question 24

mediastinum

Answer 24

heart, large blood vessels, thymus gland

Question 25

etiology

Answer 25

cause of a disease

Question 26

CT (CAT)

Answer 26

multiple x rays and computer enhancement, produces 3 dimensional pics

Question 27

PET scan

Answer 27

procedure that detects the journey of a radioactive substance (glucose)

Question 28

diagnostic imagining

Answer 28

a way to observe the body without surgery

Question 29

MRI

Answer 29

magnetic resonance imaging