Rewrite each statement using medical terminology. The first one has been done for you.
*Hint: It may be useful to use the anatomical Directions PPT to help with the body regions!
Example: Pain is located in the right palm and extends into the pinky and index finger.
Pain is located in the right palmer and extends into the medial digit region.
1. The patient fell and attempted to stop the fall with the right hand. Patient is now experiencing pain in
the right wrist that extends up the right forearm to the elbow.
2. Patient has a headache with pain in the forehead, in between the eyes, and the sinuses.
3. Patient has a cut on the left leg that starts at the outside of the knee, moves over the outside of the
thigh, and ends at the left hip bone.
4. Patient is complaining of pain in the lower back that shoots down both sides of the backside and
continues down the back of both legs to the knee when bending over.
5. The patient landed on the left shoulder and has pain under the left shoulder blade that shoots into the
neck and upper part of the spine.
Rewrite each statement using common terminology. The first one has been done for you.
*Hint: It may be useful to use the anatomical Directions PPT to help with the body regions!
Example: Pain is located in the right cervical region with radiation into the ipsilateral brachial region.
Pain is located in the right neck and radiates into the right upper arm.
1. The lesion is located in the right thorax just lateral to the mid-sagittal plane.
2. The patient reports numbness in the left lumbar area and pain in the contralateral femoral region.
3. There is a contusion located at the lateral aspect of the left crural region.
4. The laceration extends distally from the right antecubital region to the antebrachium.
5. The patients reports sharp right lower quadrant pain just lateral to the umbilicus.