EXAM 2: Medical Terms

Question 1

anterior

Answer 1

FRONTward

Question 2

posterior

Answer 2

BACKward

Question 3

lateral

Answer 3

AWAY from the MIDsagittal

Question 4

bilateral

Answer 4

having TWO sides

Question 5

medial

Answer 5

towards the MIDLINE

Question 6

oblique

Answer 6

slanting, DIAGONAL

Question 7

superior (supra)

Answer 7

situated ABOVE

oriented towards a higher place

Question 8

inferior (sub) (infra)

Answer 8

situated BELOW

the given point of reference

Question 9

cephalic

Answer 9

relating to the HEAD

Question 10

caudal

Answer 10

towards the TAIL, or END of the body

away from the head

Question 11

proximal

Answer 11

NEARER to the point of reference

Question 12

distal

Answer 12

AWAY from the point of reference

Question 13

peripheral

Answer 13

• pertaining to the outside surface

- occurring away from the center

Question 14

transverse

Answer 14

lying at right angles to the long axis; crosswise

Question 15

sagittal

Answer 15

imaginary line from FRONT to BACK, in the midline body

Question 16

upright

Answer 16

vertical erect

Question 17

decubitus (position)

Answer 17

lying down (horizontal)

• DORSAL d. : lying on the BACK
• LATERAL d. : lying on the SIDE
• VENTRAL d. : lying on the STOMACH

Question 18

recumbent

Answer 18

lie down, leaning backward

Question 19

supine

Answer 19

• lying on the back, with the face upward
• a hand/foot position, with the palm or foot facing UPward
• opposite of prone

Question 20

prone

Answer 20

• horizontal with the FACE DOWNWARD
• denoting the hand with the palm turned downward
• opposite of supine

Question 21

rotation

Answer 21

gyration of a bone around its central axis

Question 22

eversion

Answer 22

turninbg OUTWARD

Question 23

flexion

Answer 23

movement of a joint that decreases the angle between two adjoining bones

Question 24

extension

Answer 24

stretch

increase an angle between two adjoining joints

Question 25

internal

Answer 25

within / inside

Question 26

external

Answer 26

exterior | being on the outside

Question 27

supination

Answer 27

faced UPWARD

Question 28

pronation

Answer 28

faced DOWNWARD

Question 29

inversion

Answer 29

a turning inside out of an organ

Question 30

adduction

Answer 30

- movement of a limb or eye TOWARD the median plane | - toward the axial line of a limb

Question 31

abduction

Answer 31

- lateral movement of the limbs AWAY from the median plane of the body - outward rotation of the eyes

Question 32

quadrants of abdomen

Answer 32

RLQ RUQ LUQ LLQ

Question 33

Trendelenbrurg

Answer 33

Head is LOW, and | Body and Legs are on an INCLINED plane

Question 34

lithotomy

Answer 34

surgical EXCISION of calculus (stone), | especially on from the uninrary tract

Question 35

Sims

Answer 35

``` (a semiprone position) on LEFT SIDE Right knee and thigh : DRAWN UP Left arm: along Pt's BACK Chest - inclined FORWARD (Pt rests on it) ```

Question 36

knee-chest

Answer 36

Body is supported by the knees and chest, buttocks raised

Question 37

Fowler's

Answer 37

HOB raised 90 degrees , knees elevated slightly

Question 38

semi-Fowler's

Answer 38

HOB raised 45 degrees