Prefixes, root words, suffixes used in medical terms
What are word elements?
100
Back side; Dorsal
What is posterior?
100
Movement along a frontal plane towards the midline
What is adduction?
100
Shortened form of words or phrases used in charting and keeping records
What are abreviations?
100
Study of movement
What is kinesiology?
200
Standing erect, arms along sides of body, palms and toes facing forward
What is the anatomic position?
200
Toward the midline of the body
What is medial?
200
Movement of the foot upward; Walking on the calcaneous bone
What is dorsiflexion?
200
Consists of all available info that contributes to client care; Info taken during interview process, forms, prior records, health care treatment orders, assessment
What is database?
200
Uses principles of mechanics, musculoskeletal anatomy, and neuromuscular physiology
What is biomechanics?
300
Root word meaning "body"
What is soma?
300
Part of extremity furthest away from point of attachment
What is distal?
300
Movement of the sole of the foot inward, toward the midline
What is inversion?
300
Requires constant reevaluation and adjustment; Must stay within scope of practice
What is treatment planning?
300
Individuals' perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards, and concerns
What is quality of life?
400
Side laying position with top leg bent at the knee and the hip is rotated toward the midline of the body
What is lateral recumbent?
400
Toward the right side of body
What is dextral?
400
Partially turning or pivoting a body part located in the appendicular body away from the midline of the body; External rotation
What is lateral rotation?
400
Skill in effective reasoning is the mark of an experienced professional; Examine a problem, find a solution, observe strengths and weaknesses, learn from successes and failures
What is critical thinking (or reasoning)?
400
Localized area of deep tenderness and increased tissue resistance; Referred pain in a predictable area
What are trigger points?
500
Suffix meaning to create
What is -genesis?
500
Opposite of plantar?
What is volar (or palmar)?
500
Moving the thumb towards the 5th metacarpal (or pinkie)
What is opposition?
500
Identify problems to be addressed, identifies goals to be achieved, decides on a treatment plan
What is analyzing the data?
500
Traditional Chinese Medicine term meaning life force energy