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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
SLICING ACROSS AN OBJECT PERPENDICULAR TO ITS LONG AXIS
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
CUT AN OBJECT ALONG ITS LONG AXIS
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SUPERIOR
PORTION ABOVE OR CLOSEST TO HEAD FROM REFERENCE POINT
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INFERIOR
PORTION CLOSEST TO THE FEET
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LATERAL
LIES FARTHER FROM MIDLINE
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MEDIAL
LIES CLOSER TO MIDLINE
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PROXIMAL
STRUCUTURES CLOSER TO THE BODY
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DISTAL
STRUCTURES CLOSER TO THE BODY
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DISTAL
STRUCTURES FARTHER FROM THE TRUNK
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SUPERFICIAL
CLOSER TO OR ON SURFACE OF SKIN
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DEEP
FARTHER INSIDE BODY
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ANTERIOR/VENTRAL
BELLY SIDE OF BODY
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POSTERIOR/DORSAL
SPINAL SIDE OF BODY
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PALMAR
FRONT REGION OF HAND
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PLANTAR
BOTTOM OF FOOT
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APEX
TIP OF A STRUCTURE
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RANGE OF MOTION
FULL DISTANCE THAT A JOINT CAN BE MOVED
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FLEXION
MOVING THE DISTAL POINT OF AN EXTREMITY TOWARD THE TRUNK
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EXTENSION
RETURN OF A BODY PART FROM FLEXED POSITION TO ANATOMIC POSITION
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ABDUCTION
EXTREMITY MOVES AWAY FROM MIDLINE
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ADDUCTION
MOVES EXTREMITY TOWARD THE MIDLINE
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HYPERFLEXION
BODY PART FLEXED TO MAX LEVEL OR BEYOND NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION
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HYPEREXTENSION
EXTENSION OF BODY TO MAX LEVEL OR BEYOND NORMAL RANGE OF MOTION
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SUPINATION
TURNING OF PALMS UPWARD
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PRONATION
TURNING PALMS DOWNWARD
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INTERNAL ROTATION
TURNING ANTERIOR PORTION OF EXTREMITY TOWARD MIDLINE
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EXTERNAL ROTATION
TURNING EXTREMITY AWAY FROM MIDLINE
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BILATERAL
BODY PART OR CONDION THAT OCCURS ON BOTH SIDES
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UNILATERAL
STRUCTURE ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF BODY
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CONTRALATERAL
OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BODY
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4 ABDOMINAL QUADRANTS
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
LYING FACE DOWN
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SUPINE
LYING FACE UP
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FOWLER POSITION
SITTING STRAIGHT UP
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SEMI-FOWLER
SITTING WITH BACK AT 45 DEGREES
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RECOVERY POSITION/LEFT LATERAL RECUMBENT
LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH HEAD RESTING ON BOTTOM ARM, TOP KNEE IS BENT
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ABBREVIATION
SHORTENING OF WORD AND PRONOUNCING EACH LETTER SEPARATELY
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ACRONYM
FORM SHORTED WORDS FROM INITIALS OF SEVERAL WORDS TO PRODUCE NEW WORD

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