CCIC medical terms first test

Root - expresses the basic meaning of the term

Prefix - Position or Direction

Color

Number

Time

Sense of negation 

Suffix - Disease

Condition

Procedure

Combing form - a vowel added to a root word to enable two parts to be connected.

a/an - not, without

anti - against

arthr - joint

Cardi - heart

Crani - skull

Derm - skin

ectomy - surgical removal

endo - in or within

Epi - above or upon

Gastr - stomach

Hepat - liver

itis - inflammation of

logist - one who specializes in the study of

logy - science or study of

my - muscle

neur- nerves

oma - tumor

oste - bone

pathy - disease

peri - around/surronding

pulmon - lung

Abduction - movement away from the midline

Adduction - movement toward the midline

anterior - towards the front of the body

deep - away from the surface of the body (internal)

distal - away from the point of attachment

extension - increasing the angle of a join; straightening at a joint

flexion - decreasing the angle of a joint; bending a joint

inferior - closer to the bottom of the body

lateral - further from midline

medial- closer to midline

posterior - closer to the back of the body

prone - lying face down

proximal - close to the point of attachment

superficial - closer to the surface of the body (external)

superior - closer to the top of the body

supine - lying face up

• sagittal - a plane that divides the body into left and right parts

• Transverse plane - Splits body in upper and lower halves

• Frontal plane - splits the body into front and back halves