Ch5: Medical Terminology

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Across
  1. 4. closer to or on the skin
  2. 8. lying face down
  3. 9. describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, inw hich 2 imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into 4 equal areas
  4. 12. (plural) pointed extremities of a conical structure
  5. 14. the bending of a joint
  6. 15. the front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomic position
  7. 17. farther inside the body & away from the skin
  8. 18. the straightening of a joint
  9. 19. motion of a limb away from the midline
  10. 21. motion of a limb toward the midline
  11. 22. a body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline
  12. 23. the main part of a term that contains the primary meaning
  13. 25. parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; aka: outer structures
  14. 27. the bottom surface of the foot
  15. 29. closer to the trunk
Down
  1. 1. an inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised
  2. 2. the vowel used to combine 2 words roots or a word root & suffix
  3. 3. the part of a term coming after the word root, at the end of the term
  4. 5. above a body part or nearer to the head
  5. 6. the anterior surface of the body
  6. 7. the back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomic position
  7. 10. the pointed extremity of a conical structure
  8. 11. parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; aka: inner structures
  9. 13. part of the term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term
  10. 16. below a body part or nearer to the feet
  11. 20. lying face up
  12. 24. farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity
  13. 26. the forward-facing part of the hand in the anatomic position
  14. 28. the posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand