Terms & Abbreviations Flashcards
This refers to the body position when a person is lying face up:
- prone
- fowler
- supine
- trendelenburg
supine
Accurate spelling is essential in medical terminology. The suffix “-phasia” means
- eating
- swallowing
- moving
- speaking
speaking
This root word to describe color means “red”
- cyan/o
- leuk/o
- eryth/o
- melan/o
eryth/o
This position is when the patient lies flat on the back l, with the face upward. Their knees are flexed so that the feet are flat on the table.
- Trendelenburg
- Fowler’s
- Dorsal Recumbent
- Lithotomy
Dorsol Recumbent
This common prefix means “over, excessive, high.”
- hypo-
- tachy-
- brady-
- hyper
hyper
What does this root word mean: cardi/o?
heart
This prefix that describes position means “to, toward” ab- ad- supra- para-
ad-
When it comes to the three main areas the body is divided into, this plane divides the body left and right (not necessarily equal halves)
- frontal
- transverse
- sagittal
- midsagittal
Sagittal
What does this root word mean: hepat/o?
- liver
- stomach
- lung
- heart
liver
What does this root word mean: Gastro?
- liver
- stomach
- lung
- heart
stomach
This is any body part that is the portion nearer to the head from a specific reference point.
- superior
- inferior
- proximal
- distal
superior
This describes structures that are closer to the trunk
- superior
- inferior
- proximal
- distal
proximal
This common prefix means “slow” hypo- brady- tachy- hyper-
brady-
This common suffix means “pertaining to”
- al
- algia
- itis
- pathy
-al
When it comes to directional terms, this refers to the spinal side of the body.
- distal
- proximal
- dorsal
- ventral
-dorsal
