EMT MEDICAL TERMS

Question 1

WHAT ARE THE FOUR ABDOMINAL QUADRANTS?

Answer 1

1. UPPER RIGHT QUADRANT 2. UPPER LEFT QUADRANT 3. LOWER RIGHT QUADRANT 4. LOWER LEFT QUADRANT

Question 2

ANATOMIC POSITION

Answer 2

THE BODY IS STANDING ERECT, FACING THE OBSERVER WITH THE ARMS DOWN AT THE SIDE AND PALM OF THE HANDS FORWARD.

Question 3

ANATOMY

Answer 3

THE STUDY OF THE BODY STRUCTURE.

Question 4

ANTERIOR

Answer 4

THE FRONT OF THE BODY OR BODY PART

Question 5

BILATERIAL

Answer 5

ON BOTH SIDES

Question 6

COMBINING FORM

Answer 6

A WORD ROOT WITH A ADDED VOWEL THAT CAN BE JOINED WITH OTHER WORDS, ROOTS, OR SUFFIXES TO FORM A NEW WORD.

Question 7

COMPOUND

Answer 7

A WORD FORMED FROM TWO OR MORE WHOLE WORDS

Question 8

DISTAL

Answer 8

FARTHER AWAY FROM THE TORSO

Question 9

DORSAL

Answer 9

THE BACK OF THE BODY OR BACK OF THE HAND OR FOOT

Question 10

FOWLER POSITION

Answer 10

SITTING POSITION

Question 11

INFERIOR

Answer 11

AWAY FROM THE HEAD

Question 12

LATERIAL

Answer 12

TO THE SIDE (AWAY FROM THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY)

Question 13

MEDIAL

Answer 13

TOWARD THE MIDLINE OF THE BODY

Question 14

MID AXILLIARY LINE

Answer 14

A LINE DRAWN VERTICALLY FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ARMPUT TO THE ANKLE

Question 15

MID CLAVICULAR LINE

Answer 15

THE LINE THROUGH THE CENTER OF EACH CLAVICAL

Question 16

MIDLINE

Answer 16

AN IMAGINARY LINE DRAWN DOWN THE CENTER OF THE BODY DIVIDING IT INTO RIGHT AND LEFT HALVES

Question 17

PALMAR

Answer 17

PALM OF THE HANDS

Question 18

PHYSIOLOGY

Answer 18

THE STUDY OF BODY FUNCTION

Question 19

PLANE

Answer 19

A FLAT SURFACE AFTER SLICING THROUGH A SOLD OBJECT.

Question 20

PLANTAR

Answer 20

SOUL OF THE FOOT

Question 21

POSTERIOR

Answer 21

THE BACK OF THE BODY OR BODY PART

Question 22

PREFIX

Answer 22

A WORD ADDED TO THE BEGINNING OF A WORD TO CHANGE ITS MEANING

Question 23

PRONE

Answer 23

FACEDOWN

Question 24

PROXIMAL

Answer 24

CLOSER TO THE TORSO

Question 25

RECOVERY POSITION

Answer 25

LYTING ON THE SIDE

Question 26

ROOT

Answer 26

FOUNDATION OF A WORD THAT IS NOT A WORD THAT CAN STAND ON ITS OWN.

Question 27

SUFFIX

Answer 27

WORD PART ADDED TO THE END OF A WORD TO COMPLETE ITS MEANING

Question 28

SUPPERIOR

Answer 28

TOWARD THE HEAD

Question 29

SUPINE

Answer 29

LYING ON THE BACK

Question 30

TORSO

Answer 30

THE TRUNK OF THE BODY (THE BODY WITHOUT THE HEAD OR EXTREMITIES)

Question 31

UNILATERIAL

Answer 31

ONE SIDE ONLY

Question 32

VENTRAL

Answer 32

FRONT OF THE BODY