Medical Terminology Simplified

2–10 Underline the suffixes in the following terms that mean pertaining to: cardi/ac umbilic/al nucle/ar pulmon/ary tox/ic anter ...

2–14 What position of the body do the terms anter/ior and ventr/al refer to? __________(of the body) What position of the body d ...

2–16 Directional terms are commonly used in radi/o/logy to describe the direc- tion of the x-ray beam from its source and its po ...

2–22 The term medi/al is used to describe the midline of the body or a structure. The medi/al portion of the face contains the n ...

2–29 Use super/ior or infer/ior to complete the following statements that refer to the relative position of one body structure t ...

Section Review 3–1 Using the word elements in the table that follows, write the CF or suffix that matches its definition in the ...

40 CHAPTER 2• Body Structure Word Elements This section introduces word elements that describe a body structure. When these elem ...

SECTION REVIEW 2-3 For the following medical terms, first write the suffix and its meaning. Then translate the meaning of the re ...

2–36 Examine Figure 2–2 and list the three major planes of the body. ____________________ (____________________) _______________ ...

2–38 When the lungs are divided into equal right and left sides, they are divided by the midsagittal plane, also known as the __ ...

2–44 The frontal (coronal) plane is commonly used to take an anter/o/poster/ior (AP) chest radiograph, indicating that the x-ray ...

2–52 The major body cavities of the trunk are the thorac/ic and abdomin/o/ pelv/ic cavities. The (4) thoracic cavitycontains the ...

Abdominopelvic Quadrants 2–55 Because the abdomin/o/pelv/ic cavity is a large area and contains many organs, it is useful to div ...

2–61 Now that you have examined the nine regions, let us review some of the terms within each region. These terms are commonly u ...

2–66 The lumbar regions consist of the middle right and middle left regions, located near the waistline of the body. The term lu ...

Section Review 3–2 Using the table below, write the combining form, suffix, or prefix that matches its definition in the space p ...

Abbreviations This section introduces body structure and abbreviations related to radiology and their meanings. Additional Medic ...

Protective response of body tissues to irritation, infection, or allergy Signs of inflammation include redness, swelling, heat, ...

Radiographic procedure that uses a fluorescent screen instead of a photographic plate to produce a visual image from x-rays that ...

Radiographic procedure that produces images of an organ or area of the body by in- troducing a radionuclide substance (tracer or ...