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word terms-anatomy
prefixes, suffixes, root words and other movement toerms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ana | upward |
| de | down,away from |
| dis | separation |
| hyper | excessive |
| hypo | under |
| infra | beneath |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| intro | into,within |
| super,supra | above,over |
| post | after,behind |
| epi | over,on |
| dys | bad |
| arthr(o) | joint |
| card(io) | heart |
| chondr(o) | cartilege |
| cost(o) | rib |
| gyn | woman |
| myel(o) | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| orth(o) | straight, normal |
| pulm | lung |
| vas(o) | blood vessel |
| soma | the body |
| -able | capable |
| -asis | state or condition of |
| -genesis | develpment, creation |
| -genic | producing |
| -genesis | creation |
| -genic | producing/causing |
| -graph | recording instrument |
| -GRAPHY | MAKING A RECORDING |
| -iasis | condition of |
| -ism | condition |
| -itis | infllammation |
| -logy | study of |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition(of whatever) |
| paresis | paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -scopy | exam using scope |
| -stasis | maintenance |
| -stomy,-ostomy | creation of an opening |
| alt dieb | every other day |
| ad lib | as desired |
| a.m.a. | against medical advice |
| csf | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CVA | stroke/cererovascular incident |
| DM | Diabetes mellitis |
| DX | diagnosis |
| Hx | History |
| IBW | ideal body weight |
| M | muscle, meter |
| NA | non applicable |
| Px | Prognosis |
| ROM | Range of motion |
| supine | lying face up |
| prone | lying face down |
| lateral recumbant | lying on either side |
| flexion | decrease in angle between 2 bones |
| extension | increase in angle between 2 bones |
| hyperextention | extention beyond normal |
| abduction | movement of body part away from the midline |
| adduction | movemnet of body part toward the midline |
| protraction | pushing body part forward in a horizontal plane |
| retraction | pulling of the part back in a horizontal plane |
| elevation | moving the part upward(superiorly) |
| depression | moving the part downward(inferiorly) |
| supination | movement of forearm that turns the palm upward as in holding a bowl of SOUP |
| pronation | pronationmovement of forearm that turns palm down |
| inversion | movement of sole of foot inward, toward midline |
| eversion | movement of sole of foot outward, away from midline |
| plantar flexion | movement of foot downward |
| dorsiflexion | movement of foot upward |
| anterior | in front or towards the front |
| posterior | behind, in rear |
| proximal | close to trunk of body or point of origin |
| distal | away from the trunk or midline |
| lateral | on or to the side |
| medial | relating to the middle or midline |
| ipsilateral | the same side |
| contralateral | the opposite side |
| superior | higher than or above |
| inferior | lower than or below |
| plantar | sole of foot |
| internal | inside surface of the body |
| external | outside surface of the body |
| deep | inside or away from the surface |
| superficial | on the surface |
| ventral | nasal,buccal,thoracic,abdominal,pelvic |
| dorsal | cranial,vertebral |
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