term test A Flashcards
- superior (or cranial)
toward the head end of the body
- Inferior (or caudal)
away from the head
- Anterior (or ventral)
front
- Posterior (or dordsal)
back
- Medial (or mesial)
toward the midline of the body
- Lateral
away from the midline of the body
- Proximal
toward or nearest the trunk of point or origin of a part
- Distal
away from or farthest from the trunk or point of origin of a part
- Saggital
a lengthwise plane, running from front to back, that divides the body or any of its parts into right and left sides (doesnt have to be equal)
- Median saggital
a plane that divides the body or its parts into right and left halves
- Coronal (or frontal)
a lengthwise plane, running from side to side, that divides the body or any of its parts into anterior and posterior portions, or, in the quadruped into superior and inferior portions.
- Transverse (or horizontal)
a crosswise plane that divides the body or any of its parts into superior and inferior parts, or, in the quadruped, anterior and posterior portions
- AB-
from, away
- AD-
to, near, towards
- ANTE-
before
- ANTI-
against
- CIRCUM-
around
- CO-
with, together
- CON-
with, together
- CONTRA-
against
- COUNTER-
against
- DIS-
apart from
- ECT-
outside
- END-
within
- EPI-
upon
- EX-
out from
- HYPO-
under
- IM-
not
- IN-
not
- INFRA-
under
- PERI-
around
- POST-
after
- PRE-
before
- PRO-
before
- SUPER-
above
- SUPRA-
above
- SYM-
with, together
- SYN-
with, together
- TRANS-
through
- UNI-
one