Chapter 5 - Medical Terminology

Question 1

abduction

Answer 1

motion of a limb away from the midline

Question 2

adduction

Answer 2

morion 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 (apices)

Answer 4

the pointed extremity of a conical structure

Question 5

bilateral

Answer 5

a body part or 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

further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of an 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 or nearer to the feet

Question 14

lateral

Answer 14

parts of the body that lie farther from the midline, also called outer structures

Question 15

medial

Answer 15

parts of the body that lie closer to the midline, also called 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

prone

Answer 19

lying face down

Question 20

proximal

Answer 20

closer to the trunk

Question 21

quadrants

Answer 21

describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into 4 equal areas.

Question 22

superficial

Answer 22

closer to or on the skin

Question 23

superior

Answer 23

above a body part or nearer to the head

Question 24

supine

Answer 24

lying face up

Question 25

ventral

Answer 25

the anterior surface of the body

Question 26

dipl-

Answer 26

two, double (diplopia/double vision)

Question 27

tetra-

Answer 27

four

Question 28

quint-

Answer 28

five

Question 29

sexti-

Answer 29

six

Question 30

septi-

Answer 30

seven

Question 31

nona-

Answer 31

nine

Question 32

semi-

Answer 32

half; partial

Question 33

hemi-

Answer 33

half; one-sided

Question 34

ambi-

Answer 34

both

Question 35

pan-

Answer 35

all; entire

Question 36

cyan/o

Answer 36

blue (cyanosis; bluish discoloration of the skin)

Question 37

leuk/o

Answer 37

while (leukocyte; white blood cells)

Question 38

erythr/o

Answer 38

red (erythrocyte; red blood cells)

Question 39

cirrh/o

Answer 39

yellow-orange (cirrhosis; inflammation of liver)

Question 40

melan/o

Answer 40

black

Question 41

poli/o

Answer 41

grey (poliomyelitis; viral disease that attacks central nervous system)

Question 42

alb

Answer 42

white (albino)

Question 43

chlor/o

Answer 43

green

Question 44

ab-

Answer 44

away from

Question 45

ad-

Answer 45

toward

Question 46

de-

Answer 46

down from; away (decay, to waste away)

Question 47

circum-

Answer 47

around, about

Question 48

peri-

Answer 48

around (pericardium, the sac around the heart)

Question 49

trans-

Answer 49

across, through, beyond

Question 50

epi-

Answer 50

above, upon, on (epigastric, above or over the stomach)

Question 51

supra-

Answer 51

above, over (suprasternal notch, top of the sternum)

Question 52

sub-

Answer 52

under, beneath (subcutaneous, beneath the skin)

Question 53

infra-

Answer 53

below, under

Question 54

para-

Answer 54

near, beside, beyond, apart from

Question 55

contra-

Answer 55

against, opposite

Question 56

ecto-

Answer 56

out, outside (ectopic pregnancy)

Question 57

endo-

Answer 57

within

Question 58

extra-

Answer 58

outside, in addition

Question 59

intra-

Answer 59

inside, within

Question 60

ipsi-

Answer 60

same