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Medical Terminology Body Position and Regions

AB
abdomin/oabdomen
anter/ofront
brachi/oarm
caud/otail
cephal/ohead
cervic/oneck
chondr/ocartilage
crani/oskull
cubit/oelbow
dist/ofarthest away from attachment
dors/oback (side of body)
femor/ofemur (thigh bone)
gastr/ostomach
genit/ogenitals
glute/obuttocks
ili/oilium (part of pelvis)
infer/obelow or lower
inguin/ogroin
later/oside
lumb/olow back
medi/omiddle
nas/onose
or/omouth
orbit/oeye socket
ot/oear
patell/opatella (kneecap)
pelv/opelvis
poster/oback (side of body)
proxim/onearest to attachment
scapul/oscapula (shoulder blade)
spin/ospine
stern/osternum (breast bone)
super/oabove or upper
thorac/ochest
ventr/obelly (side of body)
vertebr/overtebra (backbone)
-acpertaining to
-alpertaining to
-arpertaining to
-iacpertaining to
-icpertaining to
-iorpertaining to
ante-in front of
epi-above
hypo-below
retro-behind
Frontal Planecuts into an anterior and posterior section
Sagittal Planecuts into a left and right section
Midsagittal Planecuts down the center for equal left and right sections
Transverse Planecuts into a superior and inferior section
Anteriorfront
Posteriorback
Medialtowards the midline (middle)
Lateralaway from the midline (middle)
Distalfarther from the point of attachment
Proximalcloser to the point of attachment
Superiorabove
Inferiorbelow
Superficialnear the surface
Deepbelow the surface
Pronelie face down
Supinelie face up


Humboldt High School
Saint Paul, Minnesota

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