Chap 2

anterior (ventral)

front surface of the body
posterior (dorsal)

back side of the body
deep

away from the surface
superficial

on the surface
proximal

near the point of attachment
distal

far from point of attachment
inferior

below another structure
superior

above another structure
medial

pertaining to the middle
lateral

pertaining to the side
supine

lying on the back
prone

lying on the belly
frontal plane

vertical plane divide body into anterior and posterior
sagittal plane

vertical plane divide body into left and right
transverse plane

horizontal plane running across the body to the ground, divide body into upper and lower portion
abdomin/o

abdomen
adip/o

fat
anter/o

front
bol/o

to cast
cervic/o

neck
chondr/o

cartilage
chrom/o

color
coccyg/o

coccyx
crani/o

skull
cyt/o

cell
dist/o

far, distant
dors/o

back portion of the body
hist/o

tissue
ili/o

ilium
inguin/o

groin
kary/o

nucleus
later/o

side
lumb/o

lower back
medi/o

middle
nucle/o

nucleus
pelv/i

pelvis
poster/o

back
proxim/o

nearest
sacr/o

sacrum
sarc/o

flesh
spin/o

spine
thel/o

nipple
thorac/o

chest
trache/o

trachea
umbilic/o

navel
ventr/o

belly side of the body
vertebr/o

vertebra
viscer/o

internal organs
ana-

up
cata-

down
epi-

above
inter-

between
meta-

change
-eal

pertaining to
-iac

pertaining to
-ior

pertaining to
-ism

process, condition
-ose

pertaining to
-plasm

formation
-somes

bodies
-type

picture, classification

Author

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Chap 2

Description

chapter 2 suffixes

Updated

2013-05-23T05:43:25Z