Question | Answer |
What is MEDIAN or MIDLINE PLANE | Plane running legthwise through the midline running front and back dividing the body into equal right and left halves. |
What is the SAGITTAL PLANE? | Lengthwise plane PARALLEL to the midline running FRONT TO BACK dividing the body or any part of it into unequal right and left sides or parts |
What is the Coronal or Frontal Plane? | A lengthwise plane running side to side dividing the body into front and back parts |
The Transverse and Horizontal Plane is? | A CROSS WISE PLANE DIVIDING THE BODY INTO UPPER and LOWER PARTS |
What does the directional term SUPERIOR mean? | Toward the HEAD END - TOWARD THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY |
What does the directional term INFERIOR mean? | Farther away from the head or toward the lower part of the body |
What does the ANTERIOR or VENTRAL directional term mean? | On the FRONT or ABDOMINAL SIDE OF THE BODY |
The directional term POSTERIOR or DORSAL refers to what? | BACK SIDE OF THE BODY |
The directional term PROXIMAL means what? | NEARER A POINT OF REFERENCE, usually the trunk or middle of the body |
What does DISTAL mean? | Farther away from a point of reference |
The directional term MEDIAL mean what? | Closer to the midline of the body |
The directional term LATERAL refers to what? | toward the side of the body or away from the midline |
The directiobnal term INTERNAL or DEEP refers to what? | INSIDE OF THE BODY |
The term EXTERNAL or SUPERFICIAL means what? | On or CLOSE to the OUTSIDE OF THE BODY |
Cephalic or Cranial refers to what? | Head or Head End |
Caudal refers to what location of the body? | Refers to the TAIL or TAIL END |
The locating term PALMAR refers to where? | Refers to the FRONT or PALM OF THE HAND |
The LOCATING term PLANTAR refers to what | To the SOLE or BOTTOM of the FOOT |
-algia | pain |
-cele | hernia,swelling |
genesis (-gen) | forming, producing |
-gram | record, a writing |
-iasis | abnormal condition |
-malacia | softening |
-oid | resembling |
-phagia | eating, swallowing |
-plegia | paralysis |
-rrhage | bursting forth |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-stasis | standing still |
-stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
- centesis | to puncture in order to aspirate |
-desis | binding or fixation |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal of |
-lithotomy | incision for removal of stones |
-otomy | incision into |
-pexy | suspension or fixation |
-plasty | repair or surgical reconstruction of |
abdominocentesis | surgical puncture of the abdomen to remove fluid |
Acrocyanosis | Bluish condition of the extremities |
Adenoma | Tumor of a gland |
Adrenomegaly | Enlargement of the adrenal glands |
-algesia | Pain, sensitivity to pain |
Analgesia | Take away pain, free from pain |
Anteroposterior | Passing from the FRONT to the REAR |
Antipyretic | Against fever, fever reducing |
Aplasia | Lack of formation or development; usually refers to an organ |
Arteriosclerosis | Thickening (hardening) of the arteries |
Arthritis | Inflammation of the joints |
Cervicofacial | Pertaining to the neck and face |
Chiroplasty | Surgical repair of the hands |
Cholecystitis | Inflammation of the gallbladder |
Cystitis | Bladder Inflammation |
Cytology | Study of the Cells |
Cytoscopy | Study of Cells |
Dacryocystitis | Inflammation of a tear sac |
Dactyl/o | Digit - Finger - Toe |
Dermatosis | Skin lesion or rupture |
Dextr/o | RIGHT |
Duodenscopy | Inspection of the duodenum with a scope |
Dyskinesia | Difficult or painful movement |
Dyspepsia | Indigestion or painful digestion |
-emia | Pertaining to blood |
Encephal/o | Pertaining to the brain |
Encephalitis | Inflammation of the brain |
Endocarditis | Inflammation of the inside lining of the heart |
Enteritis | Inflammation of the small intestine |
GASTRECTASIA (((gaSTR-E-C-Tasia))) | Stretching of the stomach |
Gastritis | Inflammation of the stomach |
Gingivolossitis | Inflammation of the gums and tongue |
Gynecopathy | Any disease of the female reproductive system |
Hemi-Plegia | Paralysis of one half of the body |
Hemostasis | To stop or control bleeding |