Terminology unit 1 Flashcards
What is the difference between anterior and posterior
Anterior- front
Posterior- back
What is the difference between medial and lateral
Medial- towards the middle of the body and lateral away from the middle.
What is the difference between acquired, idiopathic and congenital deformities
Acquired- develops during adulthood
Idiopathic- cause is unknown
Congenital- present at birth.
What is the difference between overuse and trauma
Overuse is damage caused by repeated trauma and trauma can be acute, occurring at that instant.
List the 4planes
Sagittal
Transverse
Frontal
Triplanar
Differentiate between epidemiology and aetiology
Epidemiology is the study of the determinants and distribution of the disease
While aetiology is the study of the cause and origin of the disease.
Difference between incident and Prevalence
Incident is the number of new cases of a disease and prevalence is the number of both new and old cases.
What does clinical features mean
How the disease presents, symptoms
What is the difference between a diagnosis and a differential diagnosis
Diagnosis is the process of determining the disease and differential Diagnosis is distinguishing a disease from others that have similar clinical features
What do the following prefixes mean.
An or a-
Anti
Osteo
Chondro
Carcin
Angio
Athro
Athero
Lack of
Against
Bone
Cartilage
Cancer
Blood vessel
Joints
Fatty
What does atherosclerosis involve
Fatty tissue
What do the following suffixes mean
Itis
Algia
Algesia
Oma
Osis
Pathy
Inflammation
Pain
Sensitivity to pain
Tumor or fluid accumulation
Degeneration
Disease or disease process
