Quiz Review Flashcards
much
poly-
above or upon
epi-
rapid
tachy-
below or beneath
sub-
infra-
hypo-
surgical repair
-plasty
sensation
-esthesia
eating or swallowing
-phagia
enlargement
-megaly
rotation movement of the shoulder or hip away from the midline; external rotation
lateral rotation
rotation movement of the forearm to palm up; palm facing anterior
supination
movement of the ankle causing the bottom of the foot to face toward the midline or medially
inversion
front; anterior
ventral
lying horizontally facing upward
supine
movement of the scapula away from the spinal column; scapular abduction
protraction
further into the body
deep
movement of the arm away from the midline, or posterior, when at shoulder level
horizontal abduction
the same side
ipsilateral
further from axial body
distal
skin
cutane/o
derm/o
dermat/o
disease
path/o
water
hydr/o
red
erythem/o
erythr/o
cell
cyt/o
unknown or peculiar
idi/o
area of injury and tissue death caused by unrelieved pressure that impedes circulation in the skin and underlying tissues
decubitus ulcer
small, crack-like break in the skin
fissure
small, pus-filled blister
pustule
small, raised spot or bump on the skin, such as a mole
papule
brain
cerebr/o
speech
phas/o
nerve
neur/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
myel/o
strength
sthen/o
head
cephal/o
progressive neurological disorder, with numerous causes, in which an individual suffers an irreversible decline in cognition due to disease or brain damage; sometimes called senility
dementia
narrowing of an area of the spine that puts pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerve roots
spinal stenosis
vein
phleb/o
ven/o
thick or fatty
ather/o