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27 Cards in this Set
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Abduction |
Motion of a limb away from the midline |
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Adduction |
Motion of a limb towards the midline |
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Anterior |
The front surface of the body, the side facing you in the standing position |
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Bilateral |
The body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline |
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Combining vowel |
The vowel used to combine two word roots |
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Deep |
Farther inside the body and away from skin |
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Dorsal |
The posterior surface of the body, back of the hand |
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Distal |
Farther from the trunk or nearer the to the free end of the extremity |
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Extension |
Straightening of a joint |
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Flexion |
Bending of a joint |
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Fowler position |
Inclined postion in which the head of the bed is raised |
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Inferior |
Nearer to the feet, below a body part |
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Lateral |
Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structure |
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Medial |
Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline,; inner structure |
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Palmar |
The foward facing part of a hand in the antomical position |
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Plantar |
Bottom surface of the foot |
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Posterior |
The back surface of the body, the side facing away from you in the standing anatomic position |
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Prefix |
Part of a term that appears before a word root |
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Prone |
Lying facedown |
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Promixal |
Closer to the trunk |
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Quadrants |
Imaginary lines that divide the abdomen into four equal areas |
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Suffix |
The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term |
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Superficial |
Closer to or on the skin |
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Superior |
Above a body part or nearer to the head |
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Supine |
Lying face up |
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Ventral |
Anterior surface of the body |
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Word root |
The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning |
