Lab #1 Anatomy Vocabulary and Rootwords

Vocabulary and rootword flashcards covering anatomical terms, planes, and medical prefixes/rootwords from Lab #1.

Directional Terminology

Anatomical terms used to describe relative positions of body structures, including superior, inferior, anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, dorsal, ventral, proximal, distal, superficial, and deep.

Body Planes

Imaginary flat surfaces used to divide the body or its parts, including sagittal, midsagittal (or median), frontal (or coronal), and transverse planes.

a-, an-

without, not, lack of

ab-

away from, from, apart

ad-

toward, to, near to

ante-

preceding, before, forward

anti-

against, opposed to

circum-, circ-

around, about

co-, con-

with, together

contra, counter

against

de-

reverse, away from, loss

di-

double, two

dia-

between, through

ec-, ecto-, ex-

outside, away from

end-, em-, en-

inside, within

epi-

over, above, on

ecto-, exo-

outside, outer layer

extra-

beyond, outside, additionally

hemi-

half

hetero-

different

homeo-, homo-

same, unchanging, steady

hyper-

beyond, excessive

hypo-

under, below, deficient

in-, im-

not, negation

inter-

among, between

intra-

within, inside

infra-, infer-

below

iso-

equal

macro-

large, great

mal-

bad, abnormal

medi-, meso-

middle

meta-

after, beyond, changed

mega-

great, large

micro-

small

mono-

one

mill(i)-

one-thousandth

oligo-

small, few, little

omni-

all

para-

near, beside, apart from

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

pre-, pro-

before, in front of

philic, philo-

have an affinity for, like

phobic-

fear

post-

after, behind

pseudo-

false

quatr-, quadro-

four

retro-

backward, back

re-

again, contrary, back

semi-

half

sub-

beneath

super-

over, excessive

supra-

above

sym-, syn-

together, with, joined

trans-

across, through

tri-

three

ultra-

beyond, excess