Vital Vocabulary EMT-B
English → English · 27 words
| English | English |
|---|---|
| abduction | motion of a limb away from the midline |
| adduction | motion of limb toward the midline |
| anterior | the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position |
| apex (plural apices) | the pointed extremity of a conical structure |
| bilateral | a body part or conditional that appears on both sides of the midline |
| combining vowel | the vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root to a suffix |
| deep | farther inside the body and away from the skin |
| distal | further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity |
| dorsal | the posterior surface of the body, including back of the hand |
| extension | the straighten of a joint |
| flexion | the bending of a joint |
| Fowler position | am inclined position in which the head of bed/ft. is raised |
| inferior | below a body or nearer to the feet. |
| lateral | Part of the body that lie farther from the midline;also called outer structures |
| medial | Part of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures. |
| palmar | the forward facing part of the hand in the anatomic position |
| posterior | the back surface of the body; the side away from you in a standard anatomic position |
| prefix | Part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term. |
| prone | Lying face down |
| proximal | Closer to the trunk |
| quadrants | Describes the sections of the abdominal covity, in which two imaginary line intersect at the umblicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas |
| Suffix | The part of a term that comes after the word root/ root word, at the end of the term. |
| Superficial | Closer to or on the skin |
| superior | Above a body part or nearer to the head |
| Supine | Lying face up |
| ventral | The anterior surface of the body |
| word root | the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning |