Medical Terminology - Chapter 2

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

aer/o

air

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

bucc/o

cheek

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

crin/o

secrete

crur/o

leg

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

small intestine

epitheli/o

epithelium

glute/o

butt

hal/o

to breathe

hist/o

tissue

immun/o

protection

infer/o

below

inguin/o

groin

later/o

side

lingu/o

tongue

lumb/o

loin, low back

lymph/o

lymph

medi/o

middle

muscul/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

orth/o

straight

or/o

mouth

ped/o

foot

pariet/o

cavity wall

pelv/o

pelvis

peritone/o

peritoneum

pleur/o

pleura

poster/o

back

proct/o

rectum, anus

proxim/o

near to

pub/o

genital region

pulmon/o

lung

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thec/o

sheath/meninx

topic/o

specific area

ur/o, urin/o

urine

vascul/o

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

ventr/o

belly

vertebr/o

vertebrae

viscer/o

internal organ

Tissue Types

Epithelial

Nervous

Connective

Muscle

Anatomical Position

Standing up, looking ahead

Palms up

Brachial Region

arms

Cephalic Region

head

Cervical region

neck

Crural region

legs

Superior/Cephalic

toward head

Inferior/Caudal

toward feet

Anterior/Ventral

Front

Posterior/Dorsal

Back

Medial

Middle

Lateral

side

Proximal

close to point of attachment

Distal

away from point of attachment

Superficial

close to surface

Deep

far from surface, further

Right Upper Quadrant

RUQ

Right Lower Quadrant

RLQ

Left Upper Quadrant

LUQ

Left Lower Quadrant

LLQ

Apex

tip of organ

Base

bottom/lower part of organ

Supine

facing up

Prone

facing down

AP

anteroposterior

CV

cardiovascular

ENT

ear, nose, throat

GI

gastrointestinal

GYN

gynecology

lat

lateral

LE

lower extremity (leg)

MS

musculoskeletal

OB

obstetrics

PA

posteranterior

UE

upper extremity (arm)

ID

intradermal

IM

intramuscular

IV

intravenous

sl

sublingual

Subc, Subq

subcutaneous

suppos, supp

suppository

top

apply topically