Finding your Roots
Medical term for vomit
Emisis
This prefix means without or lack of.
A / an
The suffix (ia) means.
Condition of
Example: Pneumon ia
Term used to describe a Pt lying face up
Supine
In which direction does the coronal(frontal)plane run & what does it divide?.
It runs vertically through the body dividing the front and back.
The root word Nephro pertains to what organ?
The kidney
The prefix Hyper means?
High, over, excessive
What is the meaning of the suffix (ITIS)?
Inflamation
Term for; bending of the joint.
Flexion
Explain the difference between Sagittal and midsagittal planes.
Sagittal plane runs vertically dividing right and left.
Midsagittal plane runs the same as sagittal but divides right and left equally down the midline
Hem(at) /O pertains to what?
Blood
The prefix Pneum(at)/O pertains to?
Air or lungs
Explain the suffix (pnea)
Pertaining to breathing
Term for the motion away from midline
Abduction
What position is the patient in if palms and feet are facing you?
The anatomical position
What is the medical root word pertaining to the Heart?
Cardio
What is the opposite of the prefix Brady
(meaning slow)?
Tachy
What is the suffix that means pertaining to pain
algia
Term used for; farther from the trunk
Distal
What line divides the body into top and bottom?
Transverse (axial) plane
Derm(at)/O refers to what Organ
The largest organ in the body. THE SKIN
The medical term for over or above?
Epi
Suffix pertaining to a disease process.
Osis
What do we call the 4 sections of the abdomen?
Quadrants
Which line runs horizontally?
Lateral or Midline?
Lateral