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Medical Terminology
Mblex Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The principles and methods of mechanics applied to the structure and function of the human body | Biomechanics |
| Distortions of health that result when functions or systems are neither balanced nor working at their optimum. | Disharmony |
| A branch of mechanics that involves the aspects of time, space, and mass as a moving system. | Kinematics |
| The study of mvmt. that combines the fields of anatomy, physiology, physics, and geometry and relates to human mvmt. | Kinesiology |
| The forces causing mvmt. | Kinetics |
| The branch of physics dealing with the study of forces and the motion produced by their actions | Mechanics |
| Word meaning "the life force" | Chi,Qi |
| What does SOAP stand for in charting? | Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan |
| Which of the two body cavities holds the brain inside the skull and the spinal cord in the vertebral column? | Dorsal Cavity |
| Which one of the two body cavities make up the combined thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic cavities, aka abdominopelvic cavity? | Ventral Cavity |
| The same side | Ipsilateral |
| The opposite side | Contralateral |
| The palm side of the hand | Volar (Palmar) |
| Ends bend inward;angulation of a part of the body inward towards the midline | Varus |
| Ends bent outward; angulation of a part of the body outward from the midline; for example, bent toward the wall | Valgus |
| Right | Dextral |
| Left;levo | Sinistral |
| Describes polar relationships/dynamic balance between opposing forces & the continual process of creation & destruction | Yin/Yang |
| Infra (p) | Beneath |
| Juxta- (p) | Adjoining, near to |
| Levo (p) | Left |
| Neo (p) | New |
| Olig (p) | Small, scanty |
| Ortho(o) | Straight, erect, correct |
| Osm(io,o) (p) | Smell, odor |
| Oxy- (p) | Sharp, acute, acid |
| Pan (p) | All |
| Para- (p) | Abnormal |
| Peri (p) | Around |
| Poly (p) | Many, much |
| Retro (p) | Backward |
| Schist (p) | Split, divided |
| Son(o) (p) | Sounds |
| Steno- (p) | Contracted, narrow |
| Strat(i) (p) | Layer |
| Tract (p) | Pull down |
| Zyg(o,us) (p) | Yoke, join, together |
| Aden(o) (r) | Gland |
| Angi(o) (r) | Vessel |
| Cephal(o) (r) | Head |
| Chrondr(o) (r) | Cartilage |
| Cyst(o) (r) | Bladder, cyst |
| Encephal(o) (r) | Brain |
| Enter(o) (r) | Intestines |
| Gloss(o) (r) | Tongue |
| Hepat(o) (r) | Liver |
| My(o) (r) | Muscle |
| Myel(o) (r) | Spinal Cord, bone marrow |
| Nephr(o) (r) | Kidney |
| Ophthalm(o) (r) | Eye |
| Orth(o) (r) | Straight, normal, correct |
| Ot(o) (r) | Ear |
| Py(o) (r) | Pus |
| Rhin(o) (r) | Nose |
| Salpingo(o) | Eustachean Tube |
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