Body Movement
Flexion
The bending of a joint
Hypo
Below or beneath
"Hypotensive"
Emesis
vomiting
"Hyperemesis"
Cardi
Heart
"Cardiology"
Prone
Laying face down
Extension
The straightening of a joint
A
Without
"Asymptomatic"
Itis
Pertaining to inflammation
"Myocarditis"
Psych
Pertaining to the mind
"Psychology"
Supine
Laying face up
Abduction
A motion away from midline
Retro
Behind, old
Retroperitoneal
Retrograde Amnesia
pnea
pertaining to breathing
Thorac
Pertaining to the chest
"thoracic"
Left lateral recumbent
Laying on your left side
Adduction
A motion towards midline
Semi
Half, partial
"Semiconscious"
Plegia
pertaining to paralysis
"paraplegia"
Hepat
Pertaining to the liver
"Hepatomegaly"
Fowlers
Sitting upright at a 90 degree angle
Supination
Rotating of a body part outwards
Leuk/o
White
"Leukocyte"
Uria
Pertaining to urine
"hematuria"
Pleur
Pertaining to the lung
"Visceral Plura"
"Parietal Plura"
Semi-fowlers position
Sitting at a 45 degree angle