Anatomic Positions
Lying face down
What is prone?
Prefix meaning fast
What is tachy?
Root word meaning heart
What is cardio?
Term meaning nearer to the head
What is superior?
Term meaning on both sides of midline
What is bilateral?
Semi-reclining with head elevated
What is Fowler position?
Suffix meaning inflammation
What is -itis?
What is gastro?
Term meaning the back of the body
What is posterior?
Straightening of a joint
What is extension?
Lying face up
What is supine?
Prefix meaning without
What is a?
Root word meaning bone
What is osteo?
Term meaning closer to the midline
What is medial?
Term meaning closer to the skin
What is superficial?
Patient sits at a 45 degree angle
What is Semi-Fowler?
Prefix meaning slow
What is brady?
Root word meaning liver
What is hepato?
Term meaning farther from the trunk
What is distal?
Motion away from the midline
What is abduction?
Patient sits at a 90 degree angle
What is High-Fowler?
Suffix meaning study of
What is -ology?
Root word meaning joint
What is arthro?
Term meaning the bottom of the foot
What is plantar?
Term meaning tip of a structure
What is apex?