English 102
Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
Homonyms
Farther inside the body and away from the skin.
Deep
The full distance that a joint can be moved.
Range of motion
The foundation of a word; establishes the basic meaning of a word.
Word root
In anatomy, a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline.
Bilateral
Flexion beyond the normal range of motion
Hyperflexion
The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand.
Dorsal
Closer to or on the surface of the skin.
Superficial
The word part that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term.
The pointed extremity of a conical structure.
Apex (plural apices or apexes)
Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have opposite meanings.
Antonyms
The four sections of the abdominal cavity shown by two imaginary lines intersecting at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas.
Quadrants
Rotating an extremity at its joint away from the midline
External rotation
The word part that comes after the word root, at the end of the term.
Suffix
The position of reference, in which the patient stands facing you, arms at the side, with the palms of the hands facing forward.
Anatomical position
The straightening of a joint.
Lying flat, facedown
Prone
An imaginary vertical line drawn from the middle of the forehead through the nose and the umbilicus (naval) to the floor.
Midsagittal plane (midline)
Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have the same or almost the same meaning.
Synonyms
The product of slicing an object crosswise, perpendicular to its long axis.
Cross section
The name of a disease, device, procedure, or drug that is based on the person who invented, discovered, or first described it.
The sole or bottom surface of the foot.
Plantar
The axis that runs perpendicular to the sagittal plane; also called the mediolateral axis.
Horizontal axis
The bending of a joint.
Flexion
Occurring or appearing on only one side of the body.
Unilateral