Unit 3 Med Term

Question 1

Abduct

Answer 1

To draw away from the median plane or the axial line of a limb

Question 2

Acromegaly

Answer 2

A chronic disease of adults in which there is abnormal enlargement of the extremities of the skeleton - nose, jaws, fingers, and toes - caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone after maturity.

Question 3

Anatomic position

Answer 3

The position in which the body is erect, facing forward with arms at the sides and the palms toward the front.

Question 4

Anhydrous

Answer 4

Lacking water

Question 5

Anotia

Answer 5

Congenital absence of one or both ears

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

Situated in front or in the forward part of an organism

Question 7

Bradyphasia

Answer 7

Slow speech

Question 8

Caudal

Answer 8

Pertaining to a tail or tail-like appendage; denoting a position more toward the tail

Question 9

Congenital

Answer 9

Present at or existing from the time of birth

Question 10

Cranial

Answer 10

Pertaining to the cranium or skull

Question 11

Dactylitis

Answer 11

Inflammation of a finger or toe

Question 12

Dactylogram

Answer 12

A fingerprint taken for purposes of identification

Question 13

Diplopia

Answer 13

The perception of two images of a single object

Question 14

Distal

Answer 14

Far or distant from the origin or point of attachment

Question 15

Dorsal

Answer 15

Pertaining to the back; denoting a position more toward the back surface than some other object of reference.

Question 16

Dorsocephalad

Answer 16

Toward the back of the head

Question 17

Electroencephalogram

Answer 17

A record produced by the electrical impulses of the brain

Question 18

Euphoria

Answer 18

An exaggerated feeling of physical and mental well-being

Question 19

Evisceration

Answer 19

Removal of the viscera from the abdominal cavity; the protrusion of an internal organ through a wound or surgical incision

Question 20

Extracellular

Answer 20

Situated or occurring outside a cell

Question 21

Frontal plane

Answer 21

A flat surface that divides the body into front and back portions

Question 22

Fatigue

Answer 22

A state of increased discomfort and decreased efficiency resulting from prolonged or excessive exertion; loss of capacity to respond to stimulation

Question 23

Hyperpyrexia

Answer 23

Pertaining to an increase in body temperature

Question 24

Intercellular

Answer 24

Situated between the cells of a structure

Question 25

Intracellular

Answer 25

Within a cell

Question 26

Lateral

Answer 26

Pertaining to a side; denoting a position farther from the median plane or midline of the body or of a structure

Question 27

Malaise

Answer 27

A general feeling of ill health

Question 28

Medial

Answer 28

Pertaining to the middle or midline of a body or structure; pertaining to the middle layer of structures

Question 29

Midsagittal plane

Answer 29

The plane vertically dividing the body through the midline into right and left halves

Question 30

Omphalocele

Answer 30

Hernia of the navel

Question 31

Plantar

Answer 31

Pertaining to the sole of the foot

Question 32

Posterior

Answer 32

Situated behind

Question 33

Postnasal

Answer 33

Posterior to the nose

Question 34

Pronation

Answer 34

Assuming the prone position or being prone (lying face downward). Applied the hand, the act of turning the palm backward or downward.

Question 35

Proximal

Answer 35

Nearest the origin or point of attachment

Question 36

Quadrant

Answer 36

Any one of four corresponding parts or quarters, as of the abdominal surface

Question 37

Sagittal plane

Answer 37

The anteroposterior plane

Question 38

Semipermeable

Answer 38

Permitting the passage of certain molecules and hindering that of others

Question 39

Stem cells

Answer 39

Cells that have the ability to divide without limit and give rise to specialized cells

Question 40

Subcutaneous

Answer 40

Beneath the skin

Question 41

Supination

Answer 41

The act of assuming the supine position or the state of being supine. Applied to the hand, the act of turning the palm forward or upward.

Question 42

Suprarenal

Answer 42

Above the kidney

Question 43

Syndrome

Answer 43

A group of symptoms typical of a particular disease or condition

Question 44

Tachyphasia

Answer 44

Fast speech

Question 45

Thoracic

Answer 45

Pertaining to the chest

Question 46

Transdermal

Answer 46

Entering through or passing through the skin

Question 47

Transverse plane

Answer 47

An imaginary line that divides the body into upper and lower portions

Question 48

Ultrasonic

Answer 48

Having a frequency higher than what can be heard by the human ear

Question 49

Umbilicus

Answer 49

The navel

Question 50

Ventral

Answer 50

Pertaining to the abdomen; situated on the belly surface; the opposite of dorsal