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WorksheetsWord Anatomy and Directional terminology
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a combining vowel used for?
To connect two root words or a root word and a suffix.
To separate two root words.
To modify the meaning of a root word.
To indicate the tense of a verb.
What are compound words?
Words that contain two or more roots.
Words that contain a prefix and a suffix.
Words that are used in chemistry.
Words that are only used in medical terminology.
Michael is learning about the human body. His teacher asks him to point to the part of his arm that is distal. What does distal mean?
Farthest from the center of the body.
Nearest to the center of the body.
Located in the middle.
Located to the side.
What is the frontal plane?
A plane that divides the body into front and back parts.
A plane that divides the body into equal right and left halves.
A plane that divides the body into above-the-midline and below-the-midline halves.
A plane that divides the body into upper and lower parts.
During a soccer game, Hannah injures the outer part of her knee. The doctor says the injury is on the lateral side of her knee. What does lateral mean?
Located to the side.
Located in the middle.
Nearest to the center of the body.
Farthest from the center of the body.
What does medial mean?
Located in the middle.
Located to the side.
Nearest to the center of the body.
Farthest from the center of the body.
What is a prefix?
A word part that comes before the root word and modifies its meaning.
A word part that comes after the root word and modifies its meaning.
The foundation of the word.
A word part that connects two root words.
During a first aid class, the instructor explains that when describing the location of an injury, the term proximal is used. What does proximal mean?
Nearest to the center of the body.
Farthest from the center of the body.
Located in the middle.
Located to the side.
What is the root of a word?
The foundation of the word.
A word part that comes before the root word.
A word part that comes after the root word.
A word part that connects two root words.
Grace is studying anatomy and wants to know which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves. What is this plane called?
sagittal plane
transverse plane
horizontal plane
aerial plane
