Body Region Test

Superior (cranial)

toward the head end of the body

Inferior(caudal)

away from the head

Anterior (ventral)

front

Posterior(dorsal)

back

Medial(mesial)

Toward the midline of the body

Lateral

Away from the midline of the body

Proximal

toward the point of attachment

Distal

away from the point of attachment

Sagittal

plane that divides the body front and back into right and left portions.

Median Sagittal

a plane that divides the body into right and left halves

Coronal (or frontal)

plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts

Transverse (horizontal)

plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts

AB

from, away

AD

to, near, toward

ANTE

before

anti, contra, counter

against

circum, peri

around

co, con, sym, syn

with, together

DIS

Apart from

ECT

Outside

end, intra

within

EPI

upon

EX

out from

hypo, infra

under

im, in

not

POST-

after

pre, pro

before

super, supra

above

TRANS-

through

UNI, mon

one

bi, bin, di

two

ter, tri

three

quadr, tetra

four

POLY-

many

MACR-

large

MEGA-

great

MICRO-

small

OLIGO-

few

ABDOMIN

abdomen

ACR

extremity

ADEN

gland

ANGI

vessel

ARTHR

joint

CARDI

heart

CHONDR

cartilage

CYSTO

bladder

CYT

cell

DENT

tooth

DERMAT

skin

DERM

skin

DUODEN

duodenum

GASTR

stomach

HEPAT

liver

LARYN

larynx

MY

muscle

NEPHR

kidney

NEUR

nerve

OSTE

bone

OT

ear

PATH

disease

PNEUMON

lung

RHIN

nose

STOMAT

mouth

THORAC

thorax, chest

-AC, -IOUS, -IC

related to

-ISM, -OSIS, -TION

condition

-IST, -OR, -ER, -ICLAN

agent

-CENTESIS

to puncture

-ECTOMY

to cut out or excise

-OSTOMY

to cut into to form a opening

-OTOMY

to cut into

-PEXY

to fix or repair

-PLASTY

to repair or reform

-(R)RHAPHY

to suture (a seam)

-SCOPY

to view

-ALGIA

pain

-EMIA

of the blood

-GRAM

writing

-ITIS

inflammation of

-OLOGY

study of

-ORRHEA

flow

-PHOBIA

fear of

-INTER

between

-AFFERENT

Toward a central section or organ

-EFFERENT

Away from a central section or organ