medical terminology Mod 1

• cephalic
• consists of skull and face

cranial

occipital

• facial
• Consists of: forehead, temple, eye, ear, cheek, nose, mouth and chin

frontal

temporal

orbital, ocular

otic

buccal

nasal

oral

mental

cervical

vertebral

consists of chest, abdomen, and pelvis

• thoracic
• consists of breastbone, breast, shoulder blade and back

sternal

mammary

scapular

dorsal

• abdominal
• consists of navel, hip, loin, and btwn hips

umbilical

coxal

lumbar

sacral

• pelvic
• consists of groin, pubis, buttock, and perineal

inguinal

pubic

gluteal

region btwn anus and external genitals

axillary

brachial

antecubital

olecranal, cubital

antebrachial

carpal

manual

pollux

palmar, volar

dorsum

digits, phalangeal

femoral

• anterior surface: patellar
• posterior surface: popliteal

crural

sural

pedal

tarsal

plantar (bottom of foot)

dorsum

calcaneal

digital, phalangeal

hallux

• toward the head, top, or above
• EX: the heart is superior to the liver

• away from head, bottom or below
• Ex: the stomach is inferior to the lungs

• *also called ventral
• nearer to or at the front of the body
• EX: the sternum is anterior to the heart

• *also called dorsal
• nearer to or at the back of the body
• EX: the esophagus is posterior to the trachea

• nearer to the midline
• Ex: the ulna is medial to the radius

• farther from the midline
• ex: the lungs are lateral to the heart

• *usually refers to extremity
• closer to the point of origin or attachment
• ex: The humerus is proximal to the radius

• *usually refers to extremity
• further away from the point of origin or attachment
• ex: The phalanges are distal to the carpals.

on same side of midline

on opposite sides of midline

toward surface

means toward the core

btwn two structures

• the surface closest to the cavity wall
• *parietal lining is the lining furthest away

• the surface closest to the organ inside the cavity
• *visceral lining is on organ itself

• a vertical plane that divides into right and left sides.
• midsagittal divides body into two equal, mirror image halves
• parasagittal is parallel to midsagittal, but is not equal halves

• also called horizontal
• dividing superior from inferior

• also called coronal plane
• dividing anterior from posterior (dorsal from ventral)

pass through the body at an angle

Sections that are produced by a plane running along the long axis of a long narrow structure, such as a blood vessel

pertaining to the central part of the body, the head and trunk

hip

pertaining to highest point of shoulder

pertaining to armpit

pertaining to arm

pertaining to elbow

pertaining to anterior part of elbow

Pertaining to the posterior (back) surface of the elbow

hand

Pertaining to the posterior (back) surface of the leg (calf)

Pertaining to the anterior (front) surface of the leg

Pertaining to the lateral side of the leg

Pertaining to the anterior (front)surface of the knee or patella

Pertaining to the posterior (back) surface of the knee

pertaining to the belly