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116 Cards in this Set
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What does the word route Cardi mean? |
Heart |
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What does the word route Hepat mean? |
Liver |
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What does the word route Nephr mean? |
Kidney |
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What does the word route Neur mean? |
Nerves |
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What does the word route Psych mean? |
Mind |
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What does the word route Thorac mean ? |
Chest |
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What does the word route Pnea mean? |
Breathing |
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What is the definition of Prefix? |
Located at the beginning of a word and describes location and intensity. |
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What does the prefix a mean? |
Without |
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What does the prefix Brady mean? |
Slow |
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What does the prefix Tachy mean? |
Rapid |
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What does the prefix Hyper mean? |
Over excessive / high |
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What does the prefix Hypo mean? |
Under, below normal |
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What does the prefix Tachy mean? |
Rapid, fast |
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What does the prefix Pre mean? |
Before |
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What does the prefix Post mean? |
After, Behind |
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What is the definition of Suffix? |
Placed at the end of a word and usually indicates a procedure, condition, disease, or part of speech. |
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What does the suffix Al mean? |
Pertaining to |
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What does the suffix Aliga mean? |
Pertaining to pain |
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What does the suffix Ectomy mean? |
Surgical removal of |
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What does the suffix Ic mean? |
Pertaining to |
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What does the suffix Itis mean? |
Inflammation |
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What does the suffix Logy mean? |
Study of |
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What does the suffix Logist mean? |
Specialist |
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What does the suffix Megaly mean? |
Enlargement |
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What does the suffix Meter mean? |
Measuring instrument |
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What does the suffix Oma mean? |
Tumor, usually cancer related |
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What does the suffix Pathy mean? |
Disease |
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What are the combining vowels? |
Often O may be I or E |
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How do you pluralize a word that ends in a? |
Change to ae |
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How do you pluralize a word that ends in is? |
Change to es |
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How do you pluralize a word that ends in ex or ix? |
Change to ices |
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How do you pluralize a word that ends in on or um? |
Change to a |
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How do you pluralize a word that ends in us? |
Change to i |
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What does the number prefix uni mean? |
One |
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What does the number prefix dipl mean? |
Two, double |
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What does the number prefix null mean? |
None |
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What does the number prefix primi mean? |
First |
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What does the number prefix multi mean? |
Many |
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What does the number prefix bi mean? |
Two |
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What does the number prefix tri mean? |
Three |
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What does the number prefix quad mean? |
Four |
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What does the number prefix tetra What does the number prefix mean? mean? |
Four |
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What does the number prefix quint mean? |
Five |
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What does the number prefix sext What does the number prefix mean? mean? |
Six |
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What does the number prefix sept mean? |
Seven |
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What does the number prefix oct mean? |
Eight |
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What does the number prefix Nona mean? |
Nine |
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What does the number prefix deca mean? |
Ten |
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What does the number prefix semi mean? |
Half / partial |
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What does the number prefix hemi mean? |
Half / one sided |
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What does the number prefix ambi mean? |
Both |
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What does the number prefix pah mean? |
All, entire |
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What does the color word root cyan mean? |
Blue |
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What does the color word root leuk mean? |
White |
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What does the color word root erythr mean? |
Red |
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What does the color word root Cirrh mean? |
Yellow / orange |
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What does the color word root mean mean? |
Black |
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What does the color word root poli mean? |
Gray |
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What does the color word root alb mean? |
White |
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What does the color word root Chlor mean? |
Green |
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What does the positional prefix de mean? |
Down from, away |
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What does the positional prefix circum mean? |
Around, about |
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What does the positional prefix peri mean? |
Around |
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What does the positional prefix trans mean? |
Across, through, beyond |
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What does the positional prefix Epi mean? |
Above, upon, on |
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What does the positional prefix Supra mean? |
Above, over |
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What does the positional prefix retro mean? |
Behind |
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What does the positional prefix sub mean? |
Under, beneath |
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What does the positional prefix infra mean? |
Below, under |
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What does the positional prefix para mean? |
Near, beside, beyond, apart |
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What does the positional prefix contra mean? |
Against, opposite |
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What does the positional prefix Ecto mean? |
Out, outside |
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What does the positional prefix endo mean? |
Within |
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What does the positional prefix extra mean? |
Outside, in addition |
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What does the positional prefix intra mean? |
Inside, within |
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What does the positional prefix ipsi mean? |
Same |
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What does the positional prefix ab mean? |
Away from |
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What does the positional prefix ad mean? |
To, forward |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term front? |
Anterior (Also known as Ventral) |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term back? |
Posterior (also known as dorsal) |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term right? |
Right |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term left? |
Left |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term top? |
Superior |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term bottom? |
Inferior |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term closest? |
Proximal |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term farthest? |
Distal |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term middle? |
Medial |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term side? |
Lateral |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term in? |
Deep |
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What is the directional medical term for the common term out? |
Superficial |
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What is the front of the body called? |
The Anterior |
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What is the back of the body called? |
The posterior |
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How is the patients right side referred to? |
Their right |
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How is the patients left side referred to ? |
Their left |
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What is movement closer to the head referred to as ? |
Superior |
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What is movement closer to the feet referred to as? |
Inferior |
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What term means closest to the point of attachment? |
Proximal |
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What term means farthest from the point of attachment? |
Distal |
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What term means closest to the midline? |
Medial |
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What term means furthest from the midline? |
Lateral |
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What term means far from the skins surface? |
Deep |
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What term means close to the skins surface? |
Superficial |
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What term refers to the Palm? |
Palmar |
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What term refers to the bottom of the feet? |
Plantar |
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What term refers to the tip of a structure ? |
Apex |
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What term refers to the decreasing the angle of a joint ? |
Flexion |
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What term referred to increasing the angle of a joint? |
Extension |
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What term refers to motion towards the midline? |
Adduction |
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What term refers to motion away from the midline? |
Abduction |
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What term refers to something that is on both sides of the midline? |
Bilateral |
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How many quadrants is the abdomen divided into? |
4 |
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Prone |
Lying face down |
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Supine |
Lying face up |
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Semi Fowler |
45 degrees |
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High Fowler |
90 degrees |
