(WIP) The Civil Medical Corp's Emergency Care of the Sick and Injured (12th ed.)

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:: GLOSSARY AND INDEX ::​

Each term is hyperlinked to its respective chapter.

Abduction: Motion away from the midline.
Adduction: Motion toward the midline.
Anatomic position: The position of reference in which the patient stands facing forward, arms at the side, and with the palms of the hands forward
Anatomy: The field of study focusing on the body’s physical structure.
Anterior: Refers to the belly-side of the body.
Apex: The tip of a structure; its plural is apices.
Appendicular skeleton: The upper and lower extremities (arms and legs) and the points the connect to the axial skeleton (shoulder girdle and pelvis); the pelvis contains portions of the axial and appendicular skeleton.
Articular cartilage: Pearly white substance that allows bone ends to glide easily w/ each (ea) other.
Axial plane: Divides the body horizontally into top and bottom sections.
Axial skeleton: Along the longitudinal axis, from the skull to the coccyx; includes the skull, facial bones, thoracic cage, and vertebral column.
Ball-and-socket joint: Allows rotation and bending (e.g. shoulder).
Bilateral: Any part/condition that appears on both sides of the midline.
Cartilage: Semirigid-yet-flexible tissue that covers and cushions the ends of articulating bones.
Coccyx: I.e. tailbone.
Combining vowel: A vowel (a, e, i, o, u) that joins a root(s) to other components of the term.
Coronal plane: Runs vertically, divides into anterior (front) and posterior (back) sections.
Deep: Farther inside the body, away from the skin.
Distal: Describes structures farther from the trunk, or toward the end part.
Dorsal: Refers to the spinal side of the body, including the back of the hand.
Extension: Increasing the angle of a joint.
Flexion: Decreasing the angle of a joint.
Fowler position: A semi-reclined position with the head elevated, best in helping patients breathe more easily and allowing better control of the airway.
Frontal plane: Runs vertically, divides into anterior (front) and posterior (back) sections.
Hinge joint: Allows flexion and extension; rotation not possible (e.g. elbow, finger joints, knee).
Inferior: The body part nearer the feet from a specific reference.
Joint: Meeting of two bones; named often by combining the names of the adjoining bones (e.g. sternoclavicular joint between the sternum and clavicle).
Joint capsule: A fibrous sac comprised of connective tissue; lax and thin in some areas that permit movement, and think in other areas to resist stretching and bending.
Lateral: The body part that lies farther from the midline.
Lateral plane: Runs vertically, divides into left and right sections; can be used on body parts as well.
Ligaments: Fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone, stabilizing joints.
Midline: The body part that lies closer to the midline.
Midline plane: Divides the body into equal left and right halves.
Midsagittal plane: Divides the body into equal left and right halves.
Palmar: The front region of the hand.
Pathophysiology: The field of study focusing on the functional changes accompanying particular disease or syndrome.
Physiology: The field of study focusing on the normal functions and activities of the anatomy.
Plantar: The bottom of the foot.
Posterior: Refers to the spinal side of the body, including the back of the hand.
Prefix: The structure before the root.
Prone: The body is lying face-down.
Proximal: Describes structures closer to the trunk.
Sacroiliac joint: The connection between the pelvis and vertebral column.
Sagittal plane: Runs vertically, divides into left and right sections; can be used on body parts as well.
Skeletal system: The framework of the body, composed of bones and other connective tissues; supports and protects internal organs and other body tissues.
Suffix: The structure after the root.
Superficial: Closer to or on the skin.
Superior: The body part nearer the head from a specific reference.
Supine: The body is lying face-up.
Sympheses: Joints where only slight ROM is possible.
Synovial fluid: A thick oil-like lubricant that allows bone ends to glide over each other.
Synovial membrane: The special inner lining membrane of the joint capsule, secretes synovial fluid.
Tendons: Fibrous tissue that connects bone to muscle.
Thoracic cage: I.e. chest or rib cage.
Topographic anatomy: The superficial landmarks of the body that serve as guides to the structures beneath.
Transverse plane: Divides the body horizontally into top and bottom sections.
Unilateral: Any part/condition that appears on only once side of the midline.
Ventral: Refers to the belly-side of the body.
Word root: A word’s foundation.
 
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