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Chap 5 vocab

med terms

QuestionAnswer
prefix beginning of word that conveys an essential meaning
suffix ending of word that indicates an essential meaning
adbuction motion away from midline
supine laying face up
flexion decreasing the angle, bending of joint
Tachy- fast, rapid
Quad- four
Bi- two
Brady- slow
Pre- before
Hyper- high, fast
-megaly enlargement of
-oma swelling or tumor
-ectomy surgical removal of
-algia pain
-logist professional of
-pathy suffering/feeling
-itis inflamation of
cardi heart
Hepat liver
Nephr kidney
neur Nervous system
Hypo low, slow
-ology study of
Uni- one
Tri- three
Quadri- four
Cyano blue
Leuko white
Erythro red
Melano black
Alb without color, lacking pigment
superior closer to the head
inferior closer to the feet
Lateral moving away from the midline
Medial moving towards the midline
Proximal closer to the trunk
Distal further from the trunk
Superficial closer to the surface
deep deeper into the surface
Ventral on the back
Dorsal on the front
Palmar palms down
Plantar bottoms of feet
Apex tips of a structure
Bilateral both sides of the midline
Unilateral one side of the midline
extension increasing the angle, straightening of joint
adduction motion towards the midline
prone laying face up
Fowler Positioning high fowlers= sitting up at 90 degrees low fowlers= sitting up at 45 degrees
cirrh/o yellow
cyte cell
peri- around/through
de- down from, away
trans- beyond, across/through
epi- above, upon, on
supra- above/upper
Dys- difficult/painful
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