Chpt 5 Part Iii Terms Directions & Positions

Front 1

anterior

Back 1

situated at or directed toward the front; opposite of posterier

Front 2

posterior

Back 2

directed toward or situated at the back; opposite of anterior

Front 3

cephalic

Back 3

pertaining to the head, or head end of the body

Front 4

caudal

Back 4

situated toward the tail
coccygeal area

Front 5

decubitous

Back 5

the act of lying down; the position assumed in lying down

Front 6

eversion

Back 6

a turning inside out; a turning outward

Front 7

flexion

Back 7

the act of bending or the condition of being bent

Front 8

Fowler's

Back 8

the head of the patient's bed is raised 18 to 20 inches above level

Front 9

internal

Back 9

situated or occuring within or the inside

Front 10

external

Back 10

situated or occuring on the outside

Front 11

knee-chest

Back 11

the patient rests on his or her knees and chest. The head is turned to one side, and the arms are extended on the bed, the elbows flexed and resting so that they partially bear the weight of the patient

Front 12

lateral

Back 12

midline of the body; pertaining to the side

Front 13

bilateral

Back 13

having two sides; pertaining to both sides

Front 14

lithotomy

Back 14

to make an incision into an organ BLADDER to remove a stone

THERE IS A MISTAKE IN THE BOOK

Front 15

medial

Back 15

situated toward the midline

Front 16

oblique

Back 16

slanting; incline

Front 17

peripheral

Back 17

an outward structure or surface; the portion of a system outside the central region

Front 18

proximal

Back 18

toward the center or median line; the point of attachment or origin

Front 19

distal

Back 19

remote; farther from any point of reference

Front 20

quadrant

Back 20

one of four corresponding parts, or quarters, as of the surface of the abdomen or of the field of vision

Front 21

recumbent

Back 21

lying down

Front 22

rotation

Back 22

the process of turning around an axis

Front 23

Sims

Back 23

the patient lies on his left side and chest; the right knee and thigh drawn up, the left arm along the back left; left side

Front 24

sinistro-

Back 24

left; left side

Front 25

dextro-

Back 25

right; right side

Front 26

superior

Back 26

situated above, or directed upward

Front 27

inferior

Back 27

situated below, or directed downward

Front 28

supine

Back 28

lying with the face upward or on the dorsal surface

Front 29

supination

Back 29

the act of placing or lying on the back

Front 30

prone

Back 30

lying face downward or on the ventral surface

Front 31

pronation

Back 31

the act of assuming the prone position

Front 32

trans-

Back 32

through; across; beyond

Front 33

Trendelenburg's

Back 33

the patient is supine on a surface inclined 45%, the head lower than the legs

Front 34

upright

Back 34

perpendicular vertical erect in carriage or posture

Front 35

extension

Back 35

the movement bringing the members of a limb into or toward a straight condition