CHAPTER 5 Flashcards
Motion of a limb away from the midline
Abduction
Motion of a limb toward the midline
Adduction
The dront surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
Anterior
A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Bilateral
The vowel used to combine two roots or a word root and suffix
Combining Vowel
Farther inside the body and away from the skin
Deep
Farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
Distal
The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand
Dorsal
The straightening of a joint
Extension
The bending of a joint
Flexion
An inclined position in which the hed of the bead is raised
Fowler Position
Below a body part or nearer to the feet
Inferior
Part of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures
Lateral
Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures
Medial
Forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
Palmar
The bottom surface of the foot
Plantar
The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position
Posterior
Part of a term that appears BEFORE a word root, changing the meaning of the term
Prefix
Lying face down
Prone
Closer to the trunk
Proximal
Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which 2 imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into 4 equal areas
Quadrants
The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term
Suffix
Closer to or on the skin
Superficial
Above a body part or nearer to the head
Superior
Lying face up
Supine
The anterior surface of the body
Ventral
The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
Word Root/Root Word
The pointed extremity of a conical structure
Apex (Plural Apices) ex: the apex of the heart is the inferior portion of the ventricles in the left side of the chest
Components that comprise medical terms:
Root Word
Prefix
Suffix
Combining Vowels
Common combining forms you will see in EMS:
cardi/o gastr/o hepat/o athr/o oste/o pulmon/o
Word building rules
- The prefix is always at the beginning of a term; however, not all terms will have a prefix
- The suffix is always at the end of the term
- When a suffix begins with a consonant, a combining vowel is used between the word root and suffix to make pronunciation easier
- When a term has more than one word root, a combining vowel must be placed between the two word roots, even if the second root begins with a vowel
Rules for converting singular to plural form
a changes to ae when plural is changes to es when plural ex or ix changes to ices when plural on or um changes to a when plural us changes to i when plural
The 4 movement terms
Flexion
Extension
Abduction
Adduction