Intro to MA

anatomy

structure

physiology

function

anterior/ventral

toward the front

posterior/dorsal

toward the back (plane)

superior/cephalic

towards the head

inferior/caudal

towards the feet

medial

towards the midline

lateral

away from the midline

proximal

towards the trunk

distal

away from the trunk

superficial

closer to the surface

deep

further from the surface

supine

face up

prone

face down

unilateral

one side

bilateral

both sides

transverse/horizontal

upper and lower

frontal or coronal

front and back (planes)

saggital

unequal left and right

midsaggital

equal left and right

RUQ

liver, gallbladder, right kidney

LUQ

stomach, spleen, pancreas, left kidney

RLQ

appendix, right ovary

LLQ

left ovary

cyan-

blue

erythr

red

leuk

white

melan

black

poli

gray

xanth

yellow

hyper-

high, excessive

hypo-

low, decreased

-algia

pain and suffering

-dynia

pain, difficulty

dys-

bad, difficult

path

disease, emotion

dyspnea

difficulty breathing

pathologist

specialist of disease

-pathy

disease (suffix)

ology

study of

ologist

specialist

ante

before

pre

before

post

after

caud

lower part of body, tail

cephal

head

anter

front, before (not pre)

poster

back, behind

antepartum

before childbirth