VITAL VOCAB 1
Motion of a limb away from the midlone
ABDUCTION
The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand.
DORSAL
The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position.
PALMAR
The part of a term that comes afetr the root word, at the end of the term
SUFFIX
Motion of a limb toward the midlone
ADDUCTION
The straightening of a joint
EXTENSION
The ottom surface of the foot.
PLANTER
Closer to or on the skin
SUPERFICIAL
The front surface of the body;the side facing you in the standard anatomic position.
ANTERIOR
The bending of a joint
FLEXION
The back surface of the body;the side away from you in the standard anatomic position.
POSTERIOR
Above the body part or closer to the head
SUPERIOR
A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline.
BILATERAL
An inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised.
FOWLER POSITION
Part of a term that appears before a root word changing the meaning of the term.
PREFIX
Lying face up
SUPINE
The vowel used to combine two root words or a root word and a suffix.
COMBINING VOWEL
Below a body part or nearer to the feet.
INFERIOR
Lying face down.
PRONE
The anterior surface of the body
VENTRAL
Farther inside the body and away from the skin.
DEEP
Parts of the body that lie further from the midline.
LATERAL
Closer to the trunk
PROXIMAL
The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
WORD ROOT
Further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity.
DISTAL
The parts of the body that lie closer to the midline.
MEDIAL
Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which two imaginary lines intersect with the imbilicus
QUADRANTS
The pointed extermity of a conical structure
APEX