Question

1. a. If your patient was laying in the prone position, what body part would you most likely be examining? What prefix term applies to this body part?

b. If your patient was laying in the supine position, what body part would they be lying on? What prefix is associated with this body part?

c.If you were looking at an x-ray of the right foot and asked to see a contralateral view, what would you be asking for?

d. What plane of body would provide contralateral views on x-rays?

e. To look at a cross-section of the abdomen, you would need to look at what plane of the body?

2. Words that contain different prefixes and the same root can be confusing. Name 15 pairs of medical terms that have the same root but have different prefixes.

Answer 1

1) a. In a patient was laying in the prone position we would be examining the posterior parts of the body. Here the patient is lying on his chest, with the back. It is used with a prefix DORSAL.

b. In the supine position, the patient wil be lying on his back. We would be examining his anterior ( chest up) parts of his body. This is used with a prefix of VENTRAL.

c. Contralateral view means view of opposite side of the body. So when we are asked for a contralateral view of right foot, it means that we need an X-ray of left foot.

d. The contralateral view can be seen in the sagittal plane of the body.

e. To look at a cross-section of the abdomen, we need a TRANSVERSE SECTION of the abdomen. This plane passes perpendicular to the body axis.

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