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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
quantu
ID
220777
Card Set
Chap 2
Description
chapter 2 suffixes
Updated
2013-05-23T05:43:25Z
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