Terms
word roots, prefixes and suffixes are examples of this
What are word elements?
This body cavity holds the cranium, spinal cord, and ribs
What is the dorsal cavity?
This body plane divides the body into upper and lower halves.
What is a transverse plane?
a standing position in which the feet are parallel and the arms/hands are at the sides with palms facing out
What is the standard anatomical position?
Latin and Greek language is used primarily in this subject
What is Medical Terminology?
This body cavity holds the cranium, spinal cord, and ribs.
What is the dorsal cavity?
This body plane divides the body into left and right sides
What is a sagittal plane?
This term means closer to the point of origin
What is proximal?
The term meaning moving away from the body
What is abduction?
This section of the abdomen, containing organs such as the appendix, & ascending colon.
What is the lower right quadrant?
This plane divides the body evenly into left and right sides
What is midsagittal?
This position which the patient lies in bed with the head of the bed elevated 45*
What is Fowler's position?
The act of bending a body limb
What is flexion?
This quadrant holds houses the liver
What is the right upper abdominal quadrant?
This body plane divides the body into dorsal and ventral (anterior) parts
What is a coronal plane?
The term for the position of a portion of the body that is closer to the feet than head
What is inferior?
The acronym MRSA means
What is Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?
The stomach, pancreas, and spleen are located in this abdominal quadrant
What is the left upper quadrant?
A medical specialty that relies most heavily on body planes
What is Radiology?
these terms describes the position of an appendage in relation to its point of attachment
What is distal and proximal?