Medical Terminology, Chapter 3, Directional Terms, Anatomic Planes, Regions, and Quadrants (STUDY GUIDE)

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anteroposterior

AP

left lower quadrant

LLQ

left upper quadrant

LUQ

posteroanterior

PA

right lower quadrant

RLQ

right lower quadrant

RLQ is the abbreviation for

right upper quadrant

RUQ

anter/o

The combining form that means front is

super/o

above

anterior

ant

posterior

antonym of anterior

cephalic

antonym of caudal

ventral

antonym of dorsal

medial

antonym of lateral

distal

antonym of proximal

inferior

antonym of superior

umbilical region

around the navel (umbilicus)

dist/o

away

hypogastric region

directly below the umbilical region

anter/o

front

inferior

inf

lateral

lat

proxim/o

near

uni-

one

-ior

pertaining to

superolateral

pertaining to above and to the side

inferior

pertaining to below

proximal

pertaining to near

unilateral

pertaining to one side (only)

posterior

pertaining to the back

ventrodorsal

pertaining to the belly (front) and to the back

anterosuperior

pertaining to the front and above

anteroposterior

pertaining to the front and to the back

anteromedial

pertaining to the front and to the middle

anterolateral

pertaining to the front and to the side

cephalocaudal

pertaining to the head and to the tail

mediolateral

pertaining to the middle and to the side

caudal

pertaining to the tail

later/o

side

cephalad

toward the head

frontal or coronal

vertical field passing through the body from side to side

-ad

which of the following is a suffix that means toward?

anatomic position

When directional terms are used, it is considered that the body is in the position of reference known as

dors/o

back

poster/o

back,behind

ventr/o

belly (front)

infer/o

below

epigastric region

directly above the umbilical region

cephal/o

head (upward)

transverse

horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions

medial

med

medi/o

middle

anterior

pertaining to the front

superior

sup

caud/o

tail (downward)

sup

the abbreviation for the medical term meaning pertaining to above is

sagittal plane

the imaginary vertical field that divides the body into right and left sides is called the

two

the meaning of the prefix bi- is

inferior

the medical term meaning pertaining to below is

lumbar region

the medical term meaning to the right and left of the umbilical region is

lateral

the term meaning pertaining to a side

hypochondriac regions

to the right and left of the epigastric region

iliac regions

to the right and left of the hypogastric region

lumbar regions

to the right and left of the umbilical region

-ad

toward

dorsocephalad

toward back of the head

caudad

toward the tail

bi-

two

sagittal

vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides


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