Directional Terms
Divides the body into anterior and posterior.
What is the frontal (coronal) plane?
A procedure done to remove part of the skull.
What is craniectomy?
ophthalm/o
What is the eye?
DM
What is diabetes mellitus?
Partial or complete loss of hair, baldness.
What is alopecia?
Lying flat with face up.
What is supine?
Surgical repair of a tendon.
What is tendinoplasty?
jaund/o
What is yellow?
TIA
What is transient ischemic attack?
Bone softening in adulthood.
What is osteomalacia?
Toward the side; away from the middle.
What is lateral?
The surgical removal of a nail.
What is an onychectomy?
hidr/o
What is sweat?
COPD
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Paralysis of an eyelid.
What is blepharoplegia?
Divides the body into equal left and right parts.
What is the mid-sagittal plane?
When a fine needle is used to aspirate from a joint.
What is arthrocentesis?
inguin/o
What is groin?
EGD
What is an esophagogastroduodenoscopy?
Neck swelling caused by an enlarged thyroid gland.
What is a goiter?
The vertebral column is ___________ to the lungs.
What is posterior?
The procedure where the intestines are telescoping into themselves.
What is intussusception?
iatr/o
What is physician?
IOP
What is intraocular pressure?
A chronic inflammatory disorder that affects connective tissue throughout the body and is marked by fever, weakness, joint pain, & lymphadenopathy.
What is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?