MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY INDEX

Medical Terminology: Abbreviations

Download this worksheet here. ā: before āā: of each abd: abdomen ABG: arterial blood gas ac: before meals ACLS: advanced ...

Medical Terminology: Anatomical Position

Download this worksheet here. Cephalic: head Cervical: neck Cranial: skull Facial: face Frontal: forehead Temporal: temples Orbital or ocular: eye ...

Medical Terminology: Bone Surface Features

Download this worksheet here. Bone surface descriptors (form) also give us clues to their function. Depressions and/or openings allow the ...

Medical Terminology: Directions and positions

Download this worksheet here. afferent: carry nerve impulses from receptors in periphery toward the CNS anterior: in front of asymmetrical: ...

Medical Terminology: Naming muscles

Download this worksheet here. Rectus: parallel to midline. Transverse: perpendicular to midline. Oblique: diagonal to midline. Maximus: largest. Medius: intermediate ...

Medical Terminology: Prefixes

Download this worksheet here. a/an: without, lack of ab: away from abdomi: referring to abdomen acro: an extremity ad: to, toward ...

Medical Terminology: Roots

Download this worksheet here. abdomi: referring to abdomen acou: hear adip: fat adeno: referring to gland alb: white alges: pain andr: ...

Medical Terminology: Suffixes

Download this worksheet here. able: capable of, having ability to algia: referring to pain ac, al: pertaining to asis, asia, ...