Unit 3 Test- Medical Terminology

Question 1

what does the dorsal cavity contain

Answer 1

-the back
-cranial cavity
-spinal cavity

Question 2

the cranial cavity

Answer 2

brain

Question 3

the spinal cavity

Answer 3

the spinal cord

Question 4

what does the ventral cavity contain

Answer 4

-the thoracic cavity
-the abdominal cavity
-the pelvic cavity
-the pericardial cavity

Question 5

the the thoracic cavity (pericardial)

Answer 5

lungs & heart

Question 6

the abdominal cavity

Answer 6

digestive organs

Question 7

the pelvic cavity

Answer 7

bladder & female reproductive

Question 8

the pericardial cavity

Answer 8

heart

Question 9

sagittal plane

Answer 9

cutting body into a left & right side

Question 10

frontal plane

Answer 10

cutting body into front and back

Question 11

transverse plane

Answer 11

cutting body into upper & lower halves

Question 12

flexion

Answer 12

bending the joint to reduce angle

Question 13

extension

Answer 13

straightening the joint to increase angle

Question 14

abduction

Answer 14

movement away from the midline from the midline of the body

(Being abducted by aliens)

Question 15

aduction

Answer 15

movement towards the middle of the body

(add it your body)

Question 16

elavation

Answer 16

raising up to a more superior (higher) position

ex: raise your shoulder to your ear

Question 17

depression

Answer 17

lowering a body part to a more inferior

ex: pull shoulder down

Question 18

protraction

Answer 18

moving in a forward direction

Question 19

retraction

Answer 19

moving in a backwards direction

Question 20

internal rotation

Answer 20

*towards the mid-line of the body
moving anterior (front) surface medially

Question 21

external rotation

Answer 21

moving the anterior surface laterally

Question 22

pronation

Answer 22

rotation of the hand so the palm faces backwards

Question 23

supination

Answer 23

rotating the palm to face forwards

*holding a cup of soup

Question 24

inversion

Answer 24

the sole of the foot turned inwards

Question 25

eversion

Answer 25

the sole of the foot turned outwards

Question 26

plantar flexion

Answer 26

point the toes away

Question 27

dorsiflexion

Answer 27

pointing toes towards

Question 28

what are the components of medical terminology

Answer 28

root, prefix, suffix

Question 29

root

Answer 29

refers to a body part

Question 30

prefix

Answer 30

-attached to the beginning of a root
-describe, modify, or limit the term