NUR1700 Intro to Professional Nursing - Anatomy/Body Planes Flashcards

Study-style flashcards covering planes, directions, regions, and common prefixes/suffixes from the lecture notes.

What plane divides the body into front (anterior) and back (posterior) sections?

Coronal plane

What does the suffix -logy mean?

The study of

What is the term for the large internal organs in a body cavity as a mass?

Viscera

What is the root word for 'eviscerate'?

Viscera (viscer- root)

What does proximal mean?

Near the point of origin

What is an imaginary flat surface that divides the body into sections?

Anatomical plane (plane, body plane)

What does the suffix -itis mean?

Inflammation (disease)

What term means toward the head?

Superior (cephalad)

What plane divides the body into right and left sections?

Sagittal plane

What term means pertaining to the middle of the body, an organ, or a structure?

Medial

What does hypo- mean?

Lower/under/below normal

What does pre- mean?

Before

The cavity in the head that contains the brain is called the .

Cranial

What does gastr/o mean?

Stomach

Pertaining to the front side of the body, an organ, or a structure.

Anterior

Toward the tail bone.

Caudal

Which plane divides the body into upper (superior) and lower (inferior) parts?

Transverse plane

Region on the surface of the abdominopelvic area superior to the umbilical region and medial to the hypochondriac region.

Epigastric

What does -pathy mean?

Disease

Name region #4.

Right lumbar region

Position of lying on the anterior surface of the body.

Prone

The abdominopelvic region is divided into four equal sections. What are these called?

Right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, right lower quadrant, left lower quadrant (quadrants)

Pertaining to the back of the body, an organ, or a structure.

Posterior (dorsal)

What does ventr/o mean?

Belly

What does the prefix hyper- mean?

High (above)

Name region #5.

Umbilical region

Name region #2.

Epigastric region

What does endo- mean?

Inner (within)

Pertaining to the anterior of the body, particularly the abdomen.

Abdominal (ventral)

Name region #8.

Left Hypochondriac region

What does -scopy mean?

Examination (process of viewing)

What does intra- mean?

Inside

Pertaining to away from the point of origin, such as an arm or leg.

Distal

Name region #1.

Right Hypochondriac region

Pertaining to the posterior of the body.

Posterior (dorsal)