Medical Terminology

Turning the foot inward

• Inversion

• Superior

• Medial

• Elevation

Bending a joint

• Inversion

• Flexion

• Medial

• Extension

Lifting the shoulders up

• Inversion

• Superior

• Elevation

• Lateral

Pointing the toes up

• Reposition

• Deep

• External Rotation

• Dorsiflexion

Movement toward the midline of the body

• Anterior

• Adduction

• Flexion

• Extension

"Hyper-" means

• without

• Skin

• above normal

• fracture

"Derma-" means

• Skin

• Bone

• Fracture

• Joint

"Hx" means

• Inflammation

• Muscle

• History

• Blood

"-itis" means

• Blood

• Pain

• Muscle

• inflammation

The opposite of proximal is distal.

• true

• false