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