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What does posterior mean?

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Pertaining to the rear of the body

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What does anterior mean?

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Pertaining to the front of the body

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What does cranial mean?

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Pertaining to the cranium or head end of body

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What does caudal mean?

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Pertaining to the tail end of the body

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What does cephalic mean?

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Pertaining to the head end of the body

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What does rostral mean?

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Pertaining to the nose end of the body or toward the nose

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What does dorsal mean?

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Pertaining to the back area of the body (the back)

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What does ventral mean?

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Pertaining to the underside of the animal

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What does medial mean?

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Denoting a position closer to the median plane of the body

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What does lateral mean?

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Denoting a position farther away from the median plane of the body

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What does axial mean?

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Pertaining to or situated near a longitudinal line about which the body would rotate

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What does peripheral mean?

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Pertaining to or situated near the areas or surfaces of the body or a structure most distant from their origin.

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What does superior mean?

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Above

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What does inferior mean?

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Below

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What does deep mean?

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Far beneath the surface

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What does superficial mean?

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Near the surface; not deep

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What does adjacent mean?

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Next to, adjoining

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What does proximal mean?

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Nearest to the central axis of the body

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What does distal mean?

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Farthest from the center of the body

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What does oblique mean?

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On a plane not parallel to 1 of the 3 major directional axes

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What does median mean?

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Plane dividing body into equal left and right halves

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What does Sagittal mean?

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Plane parallel to the median plane, dividing the body into unequal left and right sides

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What does transverse plane mean?

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Plane dividing the body into cranial and caudal portions

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What does dorsal plane mean?

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Plane dividing body into dorsal and ventral portions orientated at right angles to the median plane

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What does quadrants mean?
1 of four parts
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What does recumbent mean?
Lying down. If modifying term is present, it describes the body surface on which the animal is laying
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What does supine mean?
In dorsal recumbency
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What does supination mean?
Act of turning the body or leg so it's ventral aspect is up
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What does prone mean?
In ventral recumbency
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What does pronation mean?
Act of turning the body or leg so it's ventral aspect is down
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What does palmar mean?
The undersurface of the front foot
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What does plantar mean?
The underside of the rear foot
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What does abduction mean?
Movement of limb away from the median plane of the body
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What does adduction mean?
Movement of the limb towards the median plane of the body
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What does rotation mean?
Turning about an axis
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What does eversion mean?
Turning inside out
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What does flexion mean?
To bend
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What does the prefix occlusal mean?
Surface of a caudal tooth that contacts the opposing tooth when the jaws are closed
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What does the prefix buccal mean?
Surface if a caudal tooth facing the cheek
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What does the prefix lingual mean?
Surface of tooth facing the tongue. As an adjective it pertains to the tongue
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What does the prefix contact mean?
Surface of the tooth in contact with the next tooth in the same row
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What does the prefix distal mean?
Contacts surface of a tooth, furthest from the midline of the dental arcade
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What does mesial mean?
Contact surface of the tooth closest to the midline of the dental arcade
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What does the prefix ab- mean?
Away from
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What does the prefix ad- mean?
Toward
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What does the prefix circum mean?
Around
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What does the prefix contra means?
Against, opposed, opposite
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What does the prefix ecto mean?
Outer
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What does the prefix exo mean?
Outside, outward
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What does the prefix endo mean?
Within
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What does the prefix Epi- mean?
On or upon
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What does the prefix extra mean?
In addiction to
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What does the prefix infra mean?
Below
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What does the prefix ipsi mean?
Same
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What does the prefix meso mean?
Middle, pertaining to the mesentery
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What does the prefix meta mean?
Transformation
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What does the prefix para mean?
Beside, beyond, apart from
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What does the prefix peri mean?
Around
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What does the prefix retro mean?
Backward or behind
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What does the prefix sub- mean?
Under or near
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What does the prefix supra mean?
Above or over
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What does the prefix trans mean?
Across, through or beyond
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What does the suffix -ad mean?
Direct towArd or in the direction of
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What does the prefix uni mean?
1
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What does the prefix bi mean?
2
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What does the prefix tri mean?
3
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What does the prefix quadr mean?
4
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What does the prefix multi mean?
Many or much
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What does the prefix primi mean?
First
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What does the prefix semi mean?
Half or partially
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What does the prefix hemi mean?
Half, on one side
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What does the prefix ambi mean?
Both sides
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What does the prefix deci mean?
1/10
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What does the prefix centi mean?
1/100
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What does the prefix hecto mean?
100
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What does the prefix milli mean?
1/1000
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What does the prefix kilo mean?
1000
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What does the prefix micro mean?
1/1,000,000
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What does the prefix nano mean?
1/10,000,000
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What does the prefix ang- mean?
1/10,000,000,000
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What does the prefix mono mean?
Single
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What does the prefix diplo mean?
Twin
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What does the suffix -um mean?
A noun referring to an area of the body

Veterinary Medical Term. (19 decks)

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