Medical Terminology

Question 1

Coronal (frontal)

Answer 1

divides the body into Front and Back, slices like a loaf of bread

Question 2

Transverse (axial)

Answer 2

divides body into a Top and Bottom, slices like a loaf of bread

Question 3

Sagittal (lateral)

Answer 3

Left and Right

Question 4

Midsagittal (midline)

Answer 4

Left and Right (equal halves)

Question 5

Ligament

Answer 5

Connects to the bone

Question 6

Tendon

Answer 6

Connects muscle to Bone

Question 7

Cartilage

Answer 7

Cushion between bones

Question 8

Nasal Bones

Answer 8

superior rigid nose bridge

Question 9

Parietal Bone

Answer 9

lateral and top of head

Question 10

Frontal Bone

Answer 10

Forehead

Question 11

Temporal Bone

Answer 11

Side of skull, thin, has artery running through it called middle

Question 12

Cervical spine

Answer 12

7 vertebrae of the neck C1-C7 (cervix means neck)

Question 13

Thoracic spine

Answer 13

vertebrae T1-T12 of the mid back (torso)

Question 14

Lumbar spine

Answer 14

5 lower back vertebrae below Thorax L1-L5

Question 15

Sacral spine

Answer 15

5 vertebrae below the Lumbar spine S1-S5

Question 16

Coccyx

Answer 16

5 fused vertebrae that make up the tail bone

Question 17

mal-

Answer 17

bad

Question 18

Leuko-

Answer 18

white i.e. leukocyte (white blood cell)

Question 19

-phage

Answer 19

to eat or devour (luekophage)

Question 20

abdomen/o

Answer 20

belly

Question 21

append/o

Answer 21

extremity (arm, leg)

Question 22

cervic/o

Answer 22

neck (cervical spine, cervix of uterus)

Question 23

dors/o

Answer 23

back portion (dorsum of hand)

Question 24

lact/o

Answer 24

milk (lactose in tolerant, lactation)

Question 25

leuk/o

Answer 25

white (leukocyte = white blood cell)

Question 26

pulmon/o

Answer 26

lung (pulmonologist= Dr. studies lungs)