Medical Terminology and Physical Therapy Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering physical therapy terminology, medical record standards, word roots, prefixes, suffixes, and word breakdown definitions.

Abduction

Moving an extremity away from the body's midline

Sprain

Injury to a ligament

Proximal

Closer to the center/trunk of the body

Prone

Lying on your stomach

Lordosis

Outward curvature of the spine

Acute

Recent or short-term injury/pain

Strain

Injury to a muscle or tendon

Flexion

Bending a joint

Gait

Pattern of walking

Muscle tone

The amount of tension in a muscle or resistance to movement

Cyt/o

Cells

Hemat/o

Blood

Ventr/i

Front of body

Dors/i/o

Back or posterior

Anti-

Opposing

Hemi-

Half

Poly-

Many

Supra-

Above

-desis

Surgical fixation

-plegia

Paralysis

-spasm

Involuntary

-lysis

Destruction

Hepat/o

Liver

Brady-

Slow

-malacia

Softening

Client's Words

Exact words

Confidentiality

Keeping record private

Clarity

Use of accepted medical terminology

Chronological order

Entering record as it occurs

Completeness

Fill out all forms and questions

Conciseness

Brief and to the point

Osteoarthritis

Inflammation of the bone and joint

Tachycardia

A condition of abnormally fast heart rate

Nephrectomy

Surgical removal of a kidney

Dyspnea

Difficult or uncomfortable breathing shortness of breath

Arthroscopy

A procedure used to look inside a joint using a small camera

Intravenous

Within or into a vein

Neuritis

Inflammation of a nerve

Electrocardiogram

A recording of the hearts electrical activity

Myalgia

Muscle Pain

Pathology

The Study of disease

Subscapular

Pertaining to or located under the shoulder blade