EMT Medical Terminology Study Guide | Key Terms & Definitions for Emergency Care

EMT: Medical Terminology


Abduction Draws away from the midline

Adduction Draws toward the midline

Standing erect with arms at the sides and palms of the hands turned
Anatomical Position
forward.

Ventral Front

Deep Farther from the surface

Distal Farther from the limb root

Extension Straightening out

External Outside

Flexion Bending or angulation

Inferior Lower, farther from crown of head

Internal Inside

Inverted Turned inward

Lateral Farther from the midline

Medial Nearer to the midline

, EMT: Medical Terminology
Palmar Palm side of hand or body

Plantar Sole side of foot

Posterior or Dorsal Back

Prone Face down

Proximal Nearer to the limb root

Superficial Nearer to the surface

Superior Upper, nearer to crown of head

Supine Face up

Afebrile Without fever

Ambulatory Able to move about, not confined to a bed

Aneurysm Any abnormal widening of a blood vessel due to pressure

Arrhythmia Abnormal heart rhythm

Artery Blood vessel carrying blood away from heart

Atelectasis Partial collapse of the small airways in the lungs

Avulsion A forcible pulling away of a part or structure