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Prefixes
Suffixes
Joint Actions
Acronyms
100

Cardi

What is Heart?

100

Exo-

What is outside?

100

-scope

What is instrument?

100

Flexion

What is when the joint angle decreases?

100

ACL

What is Anterior cruciate ligament?

200

Derm

What is skin?

200

Endo-

What is inside?

200

-tomy

What is cutting, incision?

200

Abduction

What is when the joint moves away from the body?

200

BP

What is Blood Pressure?

300

Oste

What is Bone?

300

Sub-

What is under?

300

-plasty

What is repair?

300

Supination

What is when the hand or foot rolls outward?

300

cc

What is cubic centimeters?

400

Cephal

What  is Head, Skull, Brain?

400

Supra-

What is above?

400

-ectomy

What is removal of?

400

Medial Roation

When hands or feet point towards the midline?

400

DC

What is Discharge?

500

Gastr

What is stomach?

500

Peri-

What is around?

500

-centesis

What is puncture a cavity to remove fluid?

500

CPR

What is Cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

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