Chapter 5: Medical Terminology Flashcards
Motion of a limb away from the midline
Abduction
Motion of a limb toward the midline
Adduction
The front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position.
Anterior
The pointed extremity of a conical structure
Apex (plural apices)
A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
Bilateral
The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix
Combining vowel
Farther inside the body and away from the skin
Deep
Further from the trunk or nearer to the free and 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
And inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised
Fowler position
Below a body part or nearer to the feet
Inferior
Parts 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
The 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
Laying face down
Prone
Closer to the trunk
Proximal
Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four 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
