Medical Terminology
What are the three parts that make up medical terms?
What are root, prefix, and suffix?
This is the standard reference position where the body stands erect, facing forward, with arms at sides and palms forward.
What is anatomical position?
These are the four major body cavities.
What are cranial, thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic?
This system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is the respiratory system?
This developmental stage includes children from 1 to 3 years old who show stranger anxiety.
What are toddlers?
This term describes a condition involving inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
What is endocarditis?
This term describes lying face up on your back.
What is supine?
This cavity houses the brain and its specialized membranes.
What is the cranial cavity?
This system includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood, and is responsible for transporting nutrients.
What is the cardiovascular system?
Patients in this age group (12-18 years) are risk takers who want to be treated as adults.
What are adolescents?
This surgical procedure involves removal of the gallbladder.
What is cholecystectomy
This directional term means toward the midline of the body.
What is medial?
The liver, gallbladder, and part of the small intestine are located in this abdominal quadrant.
What is the right upper quadrant (RUQ)?
This body system constitutes 40-50% of the body's weight and allows movement.
What is the musculoskeletal system?
This age group (18-30 years) is at peak health but makes up a large number of trauma cases.
What is early adulthood?
These two categories classify all medical terms based on how they were created.
What are descriptive terms and eponyms?
This position places the patient supine at an angle with feet elevated, used for shock treatment.
What is Trendelenburg position?
This cavity contains the heart, lungs, great blood vessels, and is enclosed by the rib cage.
What is the thoracic cavity?
The sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions are parts of this nervous system component.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
Children in this stage (3-6 years) have concrete thinking skills and should be assessed starting with extremities, then trunk, then head.
What is early childhood?
This is why learning medical root words, prefixes, and suffixes is essential for emergency responders.
What is to understand and communicate medical conditions accurately without memorizing every term?
These two terms describe locations that are closer to or farther from the torso.
What are proximal and distal?
The appendix is located in this specific abdominal quadrant.
What is the right lower quadrant (RLQ)?
This system includes hormone-producing glands like the thyroid, pituitary, and adrenal glands.
What is the endocrine system?
These three types of development occur throughout all lifespan stages.
What are biological, cognitive, and psychosocial development?