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CHAPTER 7: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Flashcards

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GREEK DERIVITIVES

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MOST MEDICAL TERMS THAT REFER TO DISEASE, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT

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LATIN DERIVITIVES

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ANOTOMIC STRUCTURES

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EPONYMS

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NAMED ON PERSON WHO INVENTED OR DISCOVERED IT (ALZHEIMERS)

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HOMONYMS

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TWO OR MORE WORDS THAT ARE SPELLED OR PRONOUNCED THE SAME WAY BUT HAVE DIFFERENT MEANINGS

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ANTONYMS

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PAIRS WITH OPPOSITE MEANING

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SYNONYMS

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PAIRS WITH SAME OR SIMILAR MEANING

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WORD ROOTS

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FOUNDATION OF THE TERM

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PREFIX

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PORTION THAT APPEARS BEFORE THE WORD ROOT

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SUFFIX

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PORTION THAT APPEARS AFTER THE WORD ROOT

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COMINING FORMS

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ADDING A VOWEL TO LINK ONE OR MORE WORD ROOTS TO ANOTHER COMPONENT OF A TERM

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COMPOUND WORDS

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CONTAINING MORE THAN ONE WORD ROOT

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PLURAL OF -A

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-AE

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PLURAL OF -IS

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-ES

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PLURAL OF -EX

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-IX

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PURAL OF -ON

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-UM

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PLURAL OF -US

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-I

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DESCRIBE ANATOMICAL POSITION AND ITS IMPORTANCE

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PERSON STANDING, FACING YOU, ARMS AT THE SIDES WITH PALM OF HANDS FACING FOWARD

USED SO VARIOUS DIRECTIONAL TERMS STAY CONSTANT REGARDLESS OF PATIENT’S ACTUAL BODY POSITION

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CORONAL/FRONTAL PLANE

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DIVIDES BODY VERTICALLY INTO FRONT (VENTRAL) AND BACK (DORSAL)

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TRANSVERSE/AXIAL PLANE

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DIVIDES BODY AT THE WAIST CREATING TOP AND BOTTOM PORTIONS

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SAGITTAL/LATERAL PLANE

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DIVIDES BODY VERTICALLY INTO LEFT AND RIGHT PORTIONS

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MIDSAGITTAL PLANE

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IF SAGITTAL LINE DIVIDES BODY INTO EQUAL HALVES

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ANTEROPOSTERIOR AXIS

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PERPENDICULAR TO CORONAL PLANE

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LONGITUDINAL AXIS

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PERPENDICULAR TO TRANSVERSE PLANE

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LONGITUDINAL AXIS

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PERPENDICULAR TO TRANSVERSE PLANE

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CROSS SECTION

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SLICING ACROSS AN OBJECT PERPENDICULAR TO ITS LONG AXIS

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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CUT AN OBJECT ALONG ITS LONG AXIS

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SUPERIOR

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PORTION ABOVE OR CLOSEST TO HEAD FROM REFERENCE POINT

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INFERIOR

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PORTION CLOSEST TO THE FEET

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LATERAL

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LIES FARTHER FROM MIDLINE

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MEDIAL

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LIES CLOSER TO MIDLINE

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PROXIMAL

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STRUCUTURES CLOSER TO THE BODY

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DISTAL

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STRUCTURES CLOSER TO THE BODY

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DISTAL

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STRUCTURES FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK

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SUPERFICIAL

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CLOSER TO OR ON SURFACE OF SKIN

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DEEP

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FARTHER INSIDE BODY

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ANTERIOR/VENTRAL

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BELLY SIDE OF BODY

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POSTERIOR/DORSAL

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SPINAL SIDE OF BODY

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PALMAR

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FRONT REGION OF HAND

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PLANTAR

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BOTTOM OF FOOT

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APEX

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TIP OF A STRUCTURE

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RANGE OF MOTION

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FULL DISTANCE THAT A JOINT CAN BE MOVED

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FLEXION

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MOVING THE DISTAL POINT OF AN EXTREMITY TOWARD THE TRUNK

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EXTENSION

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RETURN OF A BODY PART FROM FLEXED POSITION TO ANATOMIC POSITION

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ABDUCTION

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EXTREMITY MOVES AWAY FROM MIDLINE

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ADDUCTION

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MOVES EXTREMITY TOWARD THE MIDLINE

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HYPERFLEXION

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BODY PART FLEXED TO MAX LEVEL OR BEYOND NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION

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HYPEREXTENSION

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EXTENSION OF BODY TO MAX LEVEL OR BEYOND NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION

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SUPINATION

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TURNING OF PALMS UPWARD

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PRONATION

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TURNING PALMS DOWNWARD

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INTERNAL ROTATION

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TURNING ANTERIOR PORTION OF EXTREMITY TOWARD MIDLINE

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EXTERNAL ROTATION

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TURNING EXTREMITY AWAY FROM MIDLINE

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BILATERAL

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BODY PART OR CONDION THAT OCCURS ON BOTH SIDES

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UNILATERAL

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STRUCTURE ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF BODY

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CONTRALATERAL

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OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY

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4 ABDOMINAL QUADRANTS

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RUQ (LIVER AND GALLBLADDER)
LUQ (COSTAL ARCH, SPLEEN, STOMACH)
RLQ (CECUM AND APPENDIX)
LLQ (SMALL INTESTINE, COLON, INGUINAL LIGAMENT, RECTUM)

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PRONE

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LYING FACE DOWN

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SUPINE

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LYING FACE UP

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FOWLER POSITION

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SITTING STRAIGHT UP

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SEMI-FOWLER

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SITTING WITH BACK AT 45 DEGREES

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RECOVERY POSITION/LEFT LATERAL RECUMBENT

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LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH HEAD RESTING ON BOTTOM ARM, TOP KNEE IS BENT

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ABBREVIATION

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SHORTENING OF WORD AND PRONOUNCING EACH LETTER SEPARATELY

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ACRONYM

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FORM SHORTED WORDS FROM INITIALS OF SEVERAL WORDS TO PRODUCE NEW WORD

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