chapter 5 emt basics

what is phasia

speaking

what is phagia

swallowing

What does prefix dys mean

pain or difficulty

what is dysphagia

difficulty swallowing or eating

what is dysphasia

difficulty speaking

What does cardio mean

heart

what does pulmon mean

lungs

where does the prefix go

at the beginning of the word root

Where does the suffix go

at the end of a word root

How are numbers associated with prefixes

Some prefixes indicate with numbers that a term involves a number of parts or sides

What do uni, dipl, null, primi, multi, and bi also translate two

• one

• two

• none

• first

• many

• two

What colors do these words indicate cyan/o, leuk/o, erthr/o, cirrh/o, and melan/o

• blue

• white

• red

• yellow

• black

what does ab mean

away from

what is ad

toward

what do de, and circum mean

around or surrounding

What do epi and supra mean

above or over

what about trans

across or through

what about peri

around or surrounding

what is proximal

closer to trunk

what is distal

farther from the trunk on the free end of the extremities

what is flexion

bedning of the joint

what is extension

straightening of joint

what is abduction

moving away from midline

What is adduction

moving from midline

what is bilateral

both sides of midline

what is unilateral

one side of body or midline

what is prone

lying facing down

what is supine

laying facing up

what is fowler prosition

semi-reclining w/ head reclining

What is semi fowler

patient sits at 45 degree angle

What is high fowler

patient sits at a 90-degree angle