Chapter 5 Medical Terminology Worksheet

Name:______________________________ Chapter 5 – Medical Terminology 1. The ______________________ is the foundation of the word. 2. Vowels that join one or more word roots to other components of a term are __________________________________________. In most cases the vowel is an ___________ however it may be an ___________ or ____________. 3. A ______________________occurs after the root word and it usually indicates a ______________________, _________________________, ________________________ or _______________________________________ 4. A ______________________ appears at the beginning of a word. It generally describes _______________________ and ____________________________. 5. Singular words ending in an: a changes to an ______________ when plural. is changes to an _______________ when plural. ex or ix changes to _______________ when plural. on or um changes to ______________ when plural. us changes to ________________ when plural. 6. The shoulder is _____________________________ to the hand. The knee is ________________________ to the pelvis. 7. Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline are _____________________ structures the parts that lie closer to the midline are __________________________. 8. _____________________ describes structures that are closer to the trunk while _____________________ describes structures that are farther from the trunk 9. The belly side of the body is the _____________________ or ____________________ side. 10. The back of the body is the ____________________ or _______________________ side. 11. _________________________ refers to closer to or on the skin. ________________________ means farther inside the body or tissue away from the skin 12. The front of the hand is the ______________________ surface. The bottom of the foot is the _________________________ surface 13. The tip of a structure is the _____________________. 14. Bending a joint is _______________________. Straightening of a joint is __________________________. 15. Adduction is motion ___________________________________________ the midline. Abduction is motion __________________________________________ from the midline 16. If something is bilateral it means it _________________________________________________. 17. The abdomen is divided in to four ______________________. They are known as _________________________,

Name:______________________________ ________________________, ___________________________, and ___________________________. 18. When lying face up the body is in the ________________________________ position. When lying face down the body is in the ___________________________ position. 19. Describe the Fowler position: _______________________________________________________________________ 20. When trying to define a term you should begin with the ___________________________ and work _____________________________. 21. Match the following to the correct definition: A. Superior The belly side of the body B. Inferior Front of the body C. Lateral Bending of a joint D. Medial The tip of a structure E. Proximal Motion away from the midline F. Distal The motion towards the midline G. Superficial When a patient is lying face down H. Deep Parts of the body that lay further from the midline I. Ventral Farther inside the body and away from the skin J. Dorsal Structures that are farther from the trunk (in an extremity) K. Palmar Parts of the body that lay closer to the midline L. Planter Straightening of a joint M. Apex Bottom of the foot N. Prone Closer to or on the skin O. Supine The spinal side of the body P. Anterior Portion nearer the head from a specific reference point Q. Posterior When a patient is lying on their back R. Flexion Semi-reclined position with the head elevated S. Extension Portion nearer the feet from a specific reference point T. Adduction Front region of the hand U. Abduction Structures that are closer to the trunk of the body (in an extremity) V. Fowler position Back of the body X. Quadrants Appears on both sides of the midline Y. Bilateral Divides the abdomen into four equal sections

Name:______________________________ C. Acute musculoskeletal infection D. Acute myocardial ischemia Enter your answer: ______ 29. Just prior to transporting a patient from a hospital to an extended care facility, the medical control physician informs you the patient is to remain NPO. What does this mean? A. No pulmonary oxygen B. Nothing by parenteral route C. No pulmonary obstructions D. Nothing by mouth Enter your answer: ______ 30. You are examining a patient who experiences a TIA. What does this mean? A. Transient ischemic attack B. Total ischemic attack C. Transient intestinal atrophy D. Tissue inhibiting attack Enter your answer: ______ 31. You are caring for a 6 year old child with a recent diagnosis of pharyngitis. What does this mean? A. Pain in the throat B. Disease of the throat C. Inflammation of the throat D. Paralysis of the throat Enter your answer: _____ Match the following prefixes in the left column to the appropriate definition in the right column. 32. ____Tachy- A. Four 33. ____Post- B. Over, excessive, high 34. ____Quad- C. Rapid, Fast 35. ____Bi- D. Before 36. ____Brady- E. Two 37. ____Pre- F. Slow 38. ____Hyper- G. After, behind Match each of the suffixes in the left column to the appropriate definition in the right column 39. ____-megaly A. Diease 40. ____-oma B. Surgical removal of 41. ____-ectomy C. Tumor 42. ____-algia D. Inflammation 43. ____-logist E. Pertaining to pain 44. ____-pathy F. Enlargement 45. ____-it is G. Specialist