AAOS EMT Basic Chapter 5 Medical Terminology Study Guide Exam Question And Correct AnswersScored A+.

abduction - correct answer motion of a limb away from the midline adduction - correct answer motion of a limb toward the midline anterior - correct answer the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position apex (plural apices) - correct answer the pointed extremity of a conical structure bilateral - correct answer a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline combing vowel - correct answer the vowel used to combine two word roots or a root word and a suffix deep - correct answer farther inside the body and away from the skin distal - correct answer further from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity dorsal - correct answer the posterior surface of the body including the back of the hand extension - correct answer the straightening of a joint flexion - correct answer the bending of a joint fowler position - correct answer an inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised inferior - correct answer below a body part or nearer to the feet lateral - correct answer parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures outer structures - correct answer lateral medial - correct answer parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called inner structures inner structures - correct answer medial palmar - correct answer the forward facing part of the and in the anatomic postion plantar - correct answer the bottom surface of the foot posterior - correct answer the back surface of the body; the side away from you in standard anatomical position Prefix - correct answer part of a term that appears before a word root changing the meaning of the term prone - correct answer lying face down proximal - correct answer closer to the trunk quadrants - correct answer describes sections of the abdominal cavity in which tw lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal quadrants suffix - correct answer the part of the term that comes after the root word at the end of the word superficial - correct answer closer to or on the skin superior - correct answer above a body part or nearer to the head supine - correct answer lying face up ventral - correct answer the anterior surface of the body word root - correct answer the main