Emergency Care 14th Edition Chapter 5

abdominal quadrants - ANSWER-four divisions of the abdomen used to pinpoint the location of a pain or injury: right upper , left upper, right lower, left lower anatomical position - ANSWER-standard reference position used for describing locations and directions on the human body In this position the body is standing erect, facing the observer, with arms down at the sides and the palms of the hands forward anatomy - ANSWER-the study of body structure anterior - ANSWER-the front of the body or body part bilateral - ANSWER-both sides combining form - ANSWER-A word root with an added vowel that can be joined with other words, roots, or suffixes to form a new word. compound - ANSWER-a word formed from two or more whole words distal - ANSWER-farther away from torso dorsal - ANS