Chapter 5 Medical Terminology

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Fowler position

Question 2

Above a body part or nearer to the head

Answer 2

Superior

Question 3

Bending of the joint

Answer 3

Flexion

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Distal

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Suffix

Question 6

The pointed extremity of a conical structure

Answer 6

Apex

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Combining vowel

Question 8

Bottom surface of the foot

Answer 8

Planter

Question 9

Farther inside the body and away from the skin

Answer 9

Deep

Question 10

The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand

Answer 10

Dorsal

Question 11

Lying face up

Answer 11

Supine

Question 12

The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning

Answer 12

Word root

Question 13

Motion of a limb toward the midline

Answer 13

Adduction

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Medial

Question 15

Closer to or on the skin

Answer 15

Superficial

Question 16

The forward facing part of the hand on the anatomic position

Answer 16

Palmer

Question 17

The anterior surface of the body

Answer 17

Ventral

Question 18

Lying face down

Answer 18

Prone

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Posterior

Question 20

Below a body part or nearer to the feet

Answer 20

Inferior

Question 21

Sections of the abdominal cavity in which two imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus dividing the abdomen into four equal areas

Answer 21

Quadrants

Question 22

A body part or condition that appears on both sides of midline

Answer 22

Bilateral

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Anterior

Question 24

The straighting of a joint

Answer 24

Extension

Question 25

Part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term

Answer 25

Prefix

Question 26

Motion of a limb away from midline

Answer 26

Abduction

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Lateral