Medical Terms
What does the term axillary mean?
Fill in the blank: The skin is ____ to the subcutaneous tissue.
Proximal, distal, superficial, deep, anterior, posterior, superior, inferior?
Superficial
Aort/o
Aorta
-algia, -dynia
Pain
DOB
date of birth
What does the term anterior/ventral mean?
Toward the front
Fill in the blank: The head is _____ to the abdomen.
Proximal, distal, superficial, deep, anterior, posterior, superior, inferior?
Superior
Cost/o
Rib
-itis
Inflammation
dx
diagnosis
What does the term posterior/dorsal mean?
Toward the back
Fill in the blank: The elbow is more _____ than the hand.
Proximal, distal, superficial, deep, anterior, posterior, superior, inferior?
proximal
Phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i
Vein
-otomy
Surgical incision or creation of an opening
abd
abdomen
What does the term superior and inferior mean?
Superior- Toward the head
Inferior- Toward the foot
What are the position of the hands in the supine position?
Facing toward the front of the body
Pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o
Lung or air
-pexy
Surgical Fixation
RUQ
right upper quadrant
What does the term proximal and distal mean?
Proximal- closer to the midline or point of attachment
Distal- Away from the surface
Fill in the blank: The liver is _____ to the lungs.
Proximal, distal, superficial, deep, anterior, posterior, superior, inferior?
Inferior
Hem/o, Hemat/o
Blood
-rrhea
Flow, discharge
NPO
nothing by mouth