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Chap 5 vocab
med terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prefix | beginning of word that conveys an essential meaning |
| suffix | ending of word that indicates an essential meaning |
| adbuction | motion away from midline |
| supine | laying face up |
| flexion | decreasing the angle, bending of joint |
| Tachy- | fast, rapid |
| Quad- | four |
| Bi- | two |
| Brady- | slow |
| Pre- | before |
| Hyper- | high, fast |
| -megaly | enlargement of |
| -oma | swelling or tumor |
| -ectomy | surgical removal of |
| -algia | pain |
| -logist | professional of |
| -pathy | suffering/feeling |
| -itis | inflamation of |
| cardi | heart |
| Hepat | liver |
| Nephr | kidney |
| neur | Nervous system |
| Hypo | low, slow |
| -ology | study of |
| Uni- | one |
| Tri- | three |
| Quadri- | four |
| Cyano | blue |
| Leuko | white |
| Erythro | red |
| Melano | black |
| Alb | without color, lacking pigment |
| superior | closer to the head |
| inferior | closer to the feet |
| Lateral | moving away from the midline |
| Medial | moving towards the midline |
| Proximal | closer to the trunk |
| Distal | further from the trunk |
| Superficial | closer to the surface |
| deep | deeper into the surface |
| Ventral | on the back |
| Dorsal | on the front |
| Palmar | palms down |
| Plantar | bottoms of feet |
| Apex | tips of a structure |
| Bilateral | both sides of the midline |
| Unilateral | one side of the midline |
| extension | increasing the angle, straightening of joint |
| adduction | motion towards the midline |
| prone | laying face up |
| Fowler Positioning | high fowlers= sitting up at 90 degrees low fowlers= sitting up at 45 degrees |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| cyte | cell |
| peri- | around/through |
| de- | down from, away |
| trans- | beyond, across/through |
| epi- | above, upon, on |
| supra- | above/upper |
| Dys- | difficult/painful |