AEMT chapter 5

Movement of a limb away from the midline of the body.

• Abduction

• Deduction

• Reduction

• Adduction

Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body.

• Abduction

• Adduction

• Deduction

• Reduction

The position of reference, in which the patient stands facing you, arms at the side, with the palms of the hands facing forward.

• Anterior position

• Bilateral position

• Posterior position

• Anatomical position

The axis that runs perpendicular to the coronal plane.

• Anterior axis

• Anteroposterior axis

• Posterior axis

• Bilateral axis

Pairs of word roots, prefixes, or suffixes that have opposite meanings.

• Antonyms

• Synonyms

• Syllables

• Homonyms

The pointed extremity of a conical structure.

• Apex

• suplex

• bilateral

• mid Axillary

word root followed by a vowel.

• Synonym

• Homonym

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and a prefix or suffix.

• Combining form

• Combining vowel

• Synonym

• Homonym

A word containing more than one word root.

• Compound roots

• Compound word

• Compound vowels

• Compound homonyms

On the opposite side of the body.

• Anterior

• Bilateral

• Lateral

• Contralateral