Axia College Material

Appendix C

Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 2

Complete activities A, B, & C.

A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in
problems 1-13. Click the grey box to begin typing.

-ior later/o- infer/o- umbilic/o-

-al dors/o- caud/o- inguin/o-
poster/o- -ar ventr/o- hypo-
medi/o super/o- -ad anter/o-
-ly gastr/o- lumb/o- -ic

Lumbar 1. Pertaining to the lower back

2. Pertaining to below the stomach hypogastric

3. Pertaining to the naval Umbilical

4. Pertaining to the front part anterior

5. Pertaining to going toward the front part anteriorly

6. Pertaining to the groin Inguinal

7. Pertaining to the back part Posterior

8. Pertaining to going toward the back part posteriorly

9. Pertaining to going toward the middle Medially

10. Pertaining to going toward the side Laterally

11. Pertaining to above Superior

12. Pertaining to below Inferior

13. In the direction of the tailbone Caudad

B. Define the following words or word parts.

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-ad Toward; in the -ior Pertaining to
direction of
-ics Knowledge; practice Ana- Apart from;
excessive
Prone Position of lying on Supine Lying on the back
the anterior part of
the body
viscera- All of the internal transverse Across through; to
organs in every body turn travel
cavity
Hypo- Below; deficient Re- Again and again
;backward; unable to

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C. In this activity, break the medical word into its word parts. Using the word parts, create a
definition of the word. Write a sentence using the word in a medical context. Use the table to
record your answers.

Additional
Combining Combining
Medical Word Prefix form form or suffix Suffix Definition
Anteroposterior
Anter/o- Poster/o- -ior Pertaining to front to back
Sentence: Amanda had to go back to the hospital, her anteroposterior x-rays showed something abnormal.

Midsagittal Pertaining to the middle going from front

Mid- Sagitt/o- -al to back
Sentence: The diagram is viewed along the midsagittal plane.

Distally Pertaining to going away from the

Dist/o - -al -ly center
Sentence: The incision ran distally.

Proximally Pertaining to going toward the center or

Proxim/o- -al -ly point of origin
Sentence: The cut ran proximally from the wrist to the elbow

Physiology
Physic/o- -logy The study of physical function.
Sentence: Sarah is studying for her Physiology test.

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