Directional Prefixes and Word Roots

Question 1

ab-

Answer 1

away from

Question 2

ad-

Answer 2

toward

Question 3

ambi-

Answer 3

both

Question 4

anter/o

Answer 4

front

Question 5

anti-

Answer 5

against

Question 6

caud-

Answer 6

tail (downward)

Question 7

cephal/o

Answer 7

head (upward)

Question 8

circum-

Answer 8

around

Question 9

dist-

Answer 9

away from (point of attachment)

Question 10

dors/o

Answer 10

back

Question 11

ecto-

Answer 11

out, outward, outside

Question 12

endo-

Answer 12

in, inward, inside

Question 13

infer/o

Answer 13

below, beneath, less than

Question 14

infra-

Answer 14

below, under, beneath

Question 15

inter-

Answer 15

between

Question 16

intra-

Answer 16

within

Question 17

later/o

Answer 17

side, toward the side

Question 18

medi/o

Answer 18

middle

Question 19

para-

Answer 19

along the side of, next to

Question 20

peri-

Answer 20

around

Question 21

post-

Answer 21

after

Question 22

poster/o

Answer 22

back (of body), behind

Question 23

pre-

Answer 23

before

Question 24

pro-

Answer 24

before

Question 25

proxim/o

Answer 25

near (the point of attachment)

Question 26

sub-

Answer 26

under, beneath, less than

Question 27

super-

Answer 27

above, over, more than

Question 28

ventr-

Answer 28

front, belly