Chapter 5 - Numbers, Positions, and Directions

Question 1

Uni- (mono-)

Answer 1

One

Question 2

Bi- (diplo-)

Answer 2

Two (double), twice

Question 3

Gemin-

Answer 3

Double, pair

Question 4

Tri-

Answer 4

Three

Question 5

Quadri-

Answer 5

Four

Question 6

Tetra-

Answer 6

Four

Question 7

Quint-

Answer 7

Five

Question 8

Sexti-

Answer 8

Six

Question 9

Septi-

Answer 9

Seven

Question 10

Octa- (octo-)

Answer 10

Eight

Question 11

Nona-

Answer 11

Nine

Question 12

Deca-

Answer 12

Ten

Question 13

Multi-

Answer 13

Many (more than one)

Question 14

Primi-

Answer 14

First

Question 15

Semi-

Answer 15

Half (partially)

Question 16

Hemi-

Answer 16

Half, also one-sided

Question 17

Ambi-

Answer 17

Both or both sides

Question 18

Null-

Answer 18

None

Question 19

Pan-

Answer 19

All

Question 20

Ab-

Answer 20

Away from

Question 21

Ad-

Answer 21

Toward

Question 22

Circum-

Answer 22

Around

Question 23

Contra-

Answer 23

Opposition, against

Question 24

De-

Answer 24

Down, away from

Question 25

Ecto-

exo-

Answer 25

Outside

Question 26

Endo-

Answer 26

Within

Question 27

Epi-

Answer 27

Upon, over

Question 28

Extra-

Answer 28

Outside

Question 29

Infra- (sub)

Answer 29

Below, under

Question 30

Intra-

Answer 30

Inside

Question 31

Ipsi- (iso)

Answer 31

Same (equal)

Question 32

Ir-

Answer 32

Into, toward

Question 33

Meso-

Answer 33

Middle, pertaining to mesentery

Question 34

Meta- (supra)

Answer 34

After, beyond, over; change or transformation; following in a series

Question 35

Para-

Answer 35

Near, beside

Question 36

Peri-

Answer 36

Around, surrounding

Question 37

Retro-

Answer 37

Behind, backward

Question 38

Sub-

Answer 38

Under, near

Question 39

Trans-

Answer 39

Across, through

Question 40

Anterior

Answer 40

Situated at or directed toward the front; opposite of posterior

Question 41

Posterior

Answer 41

Directed toward or situated at the back; opposite of anterior

Question 42

Cephalic

Answer 42

Pertaining to the head, or the head end of the body

Question 43

Caudal

Answer 43

Situated toward the tail (coccygeal area)

Question 44

Decubitus

Answer 44

The act of lying down; the position assumed in lying down

Question 45

Eversion

Answer 45

A turning inside out; a turning outward

Question 46

Extension

Answer 46

The movement bringing the members of a limb into or toward a straight condition

Question 47

Flexion

Answer 47

The act of bending or the condition of being bent

Question 48

Fowler’s

Answer 48

The head of the patient’s bed is raided 18-20 inches above level

Question 49

Internal

Answer 49

Situated or occuring within or on the inside

Question 50

External

Answer 50

Situated or occuring on the outside

Question 51

Knee-chest

Answer 51

The patient rests on his or her knees and chest. the head is turned to one side, and the arms are extended on the bed, the elbows felxed and resting so that they partially bear the weight of the patient

Question 52

Lateral

Answer 52

Midline of the body; pertaining to the side

Question 53

Bilateral

Answer 53

Having two sides; pertaining to both sides

Question 54

Lithotomy

Answer 54

Position in which the patient lies on his or her back, legs flexed on thighs, thighs flexed on the abdomen and abducted

Question 55

Medial

Answer 55

Situated toward the midline

Question 56

Oblique

Answer 56

Slanting; incline

Question 57

Peripheral

Answer 57

An outward structure or surface; the portion of a system outside the central region

Question 58

Proximal

Answer 58

Toward the center or median line; the point of attachment or origin

Question 59

Distal

Answer 59

Remote; farther from any point of reference

Question 60

Quadrant

Answer 60

One of four corresponding parts, or quarters, as of the surface of the abdomen or the field of vision

Question 61

Recumbent

Answer 61

Lying down

Question 62

Rotation

Answer 62

The process of turning around an axis

Question 63

Sims’

Answer 63

The paitent lies on his or her left side and chest, the right knee and thigh drawn up, the left arm along the back

Question 64

Sinistro

Answer 64

Left; left side

Question 65

Dextro

Answer 65

Right; right side

Question 66

Superior

Answer 66

Situated above, or directed upward

Question 67

Inferior

Answer 67

Situated below, or directed downward

Question 68

Supine

Answer 68

Lying with the face upward or on the dorsal surface

Question 69

Supination

Answer 69

The act of placing or lying on the back

Question 70

Prone

Answer 70

Lying face downward or on the ventral surface

Question 71

Pronation

Answer 71

The act of assuming the prone position

Question 72

Trans

Answer 72

Through; across; beyond

Question 73

Trendelenburg’s

Answer 73

The patient is supine on a surface inclined 45 degrees, the head lower than the legs

Question 74

Upright

Answer 74

Perpendicular; vertical; erect in carriage or posture