Numbers, Positions, and Directions

[M5] uni-

one

[M5] bi-

two; double

[M5] quadri-

four

[M5] septi-

seven

[M5] nona-

nine

[M5] ambi-

both sides

[M5] null-

none

[M5] ab-

away from

[M5] ante-

before; in front of

[M5] circum-

around

[M5] contra-

against; opposite

[M5] ecto-

outside

[M5] exo-

outside

[M5] infra-

below

[M5] intra-

within

[M5] ipsi-

same side

[M5] meso-

middle

[M5] retro-

behind

[M5] trans-

across; through

[M5] anterior

front of the body

[M5] posterior

back of the body

[M5] cephalic

pertaining to the head

[M5] caudal

toward the tail end

[M5] lateral

away from the midline

[M5] medial

toward the midline

[M5] proximal

near the point of origin

[M5] distal

far from the point of origin

[M5] superior

above

[M5] inferior

below

[M5] internal

within

[M5] external

outside

[M5] peripheral

away from the center

[M5] abduction

movement away from the midline

[M5] adduction

movement toward the midline

[M5] flexion

bending movement

[M5] extension

straightening movement

[M5] inversion

turning inward

[M5] eversion

turning outward

[M5] circumduction

circular movement

[M5] rotation

turning around an axis

[M5] prone

lying face down

[M5] supine

lying face up

[M5] Fowler's

head of bed elevated

[M5] Trendelenburg's

head lower than feet

[M5] salping/o

fallopian tube

[M5] salping/o

eustachian tube

[M5] -tropia

turning or deviation

[M5] -tropin

stimulating hormone

[M5] metric system

system of measurement based on powers of ten

[M5] microgram

mcg; one millionth of a gram

[M5] milligram

mg; one thousandth of a gram

[M5] kilogram

kg; one thousand grams