Superior
towards the mood or upper part of structure; above
Inferior
Away from the head or lower part of a structure; below
Anterior
toward the front of the body; infront
Posterior
toward back of body; behind
Laterial
away from the midline
medial
toward midline
Proximal
close to the point of attachment
Distal
far from the point of attachment
superficial/ external
toward the body surface
deep/internal
away from the body
Contralateral
on opposite sides
Ipsilateral
on the same side
coronal/frontal section
front side
sagital or longitudinal section
side view
transverse/cross section
ex. cucumber in circle slices
dorsal cavity
long continuous cavity located on the back of the body.
divided into 2 sections
- cranial cavity
- spinal cavity
cranial cavity
contains brain
spinal cavity
contains spinal cord
ventral cavity
located on the front side of the body divided into 3 sections - thoratic cavity - pelvic cavity - abdominal cavity
thoratic cavity
contains the trachea, esophagus, bronch, lungs, heart and major blood vessels, also know as the chest cavity.
pelvic cavity
contains the reproductive organs, bladder and rectum
abdominal cavity
contains the stomach, small intestine, most of large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen
Prefix of Bone
Osteo
Prefix of Muscle
myo or sarco
prefix of nerve
neuro
prefix of skin
derm
prefix of blood vessels
angio
prefix of veins
veno or phlebo
prefix of heart
cardio
prefix of nose
rhino
prefix of eardrum
tympan
prefix of kidney
neph
prefix of rib
cost
prefix of arteries
artero
prefix of skull
crani
prefix of eye
optham/oculo
prefix of ear
oto
prefix of blood clot
thrombo
prefix of liver
hepato
prefix of breast
mammo
prefix of large intestine
colo
prefix of stomach
gastro
prefix of small intestine
ileo
prefix of chest
thoraco
prefix of lung
pneumo/pleuro
prefix of joint
arthr
prefix of large
macro
prefix of small
micro
prefix of large/enlarged
megalo- or -megaly
prefix of high/elevated/above
hyper-
prefix of low/reduced/below
hypo-
prefix of fast/rapid
tachy-
prefix of slow/reduced
brady-
prefix of green
chloro-
prefix of white
leuk-
prefix if red
eryth-
prefix of blue
cyan-
prefix of cell
-cyte
prefix of outside
extra-
prefix of within
endo- or intra-
prefix of between
inter-
prefix of around
peri-
prefix of across
trans-
using ultrasonic waves
echo
using electricity
electro-
removal of..
-ectomy
a picture
-gram
process if making an image
-graphy
making a cut in..
-otomy
using an instrument for viewing
-scopy
create an opening
-stomy
study of
-ology
pertaining to
-al
not working properly
dys-
bad
mal-
blood condition
-emia
inflammation
-itis
condition or disease
-osis
disease
-pathy