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Medical Terminology Chapter 3
Directional Terms, anatomical Planes, Regions, and quadrants
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01/31/2011
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anter/o
 Definition
front
Term
caud/o
 Definition
tail (downward)
Term
cephal/o
 Definition
head (upward)
Term
dist/o
 Definition
away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
Term
dors/o
 Definition
back
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infer/o
 Definition
below
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later/o
 Definition
side
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medi/o
 Definition
middle
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poster/o
 Definition
back, behind
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proxim/o
 Definition
near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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super/o
 Definition
above
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ventr/o
 Definition
belly (front)
Term
bi-
 Definition
two
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uni-
 Definition
one
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-ad
 Definition
toward
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-ior
 Definition
pertaining to
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caudad
 Definition
toward the tail (downward)
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cephalad
 Definition
toward the head (upward)
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lateral (lat)
 Definition
pertaining to a side
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medial (med)
 Definition
pertaining to the middle
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unilateral
 Definition
pertaining to one side only
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bilateral
 Definition
pertaining to two sides
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mediolateral
 Definition
pertaining to the middle and the side
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distal
 Definition
pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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proximal
 Definition
pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)
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inferior (inf)
 Definition
pertaining to below
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superior (sup)
 Definition
pertaining to above
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caudal
 Definition
pertaining to the tail
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cephalic
 Definition
pertaining to the head
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anterior (ant)
 Definition
pertaining to the front
Term
posterior
 Definition
pertaining to the back
Term
dorsal
 Definition
pertaining to the back
Term
ventral
 Definition
pertaining to the belly
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anteroposterior (AP)
 Definition
pertaining to the front and the back
Term
posteroanterior (PA)
 Definition
pertaining to the back and to the front
Term
[image]
 Definition
Frontal/Coronal Plane
Term
[image]
 Definition
Transverse Plane
Term
frontal or coronal planes
 Definition
vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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sagittal planes
 Definition
vertical field running thorugh the body from front to back, dividing th body into right and left sides
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midsagittal
 Definition
divides the body into right and left halves
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transverse
 Definition
horizontal field dividing the body into upper and lower portions
Term
umbilical region (1)
 Definition
around the navel (umbilicus)
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epigastric region (1)
 Definition
directly above the umbilical region
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hypogastric region
 Definition
directly below the umbilical region
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hypochondriac regions (2)
 Definition
to the right and left of the epigastric region
Term
lumbar regions (2)
 Definition
to the right and left of the umbilical regions
Term
iliac regions (2)
 Definition
to the right and left of the hypogastric region
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ant
 Definition
anterior
Term
AP
 Definition
anteroposterior
Term
inf
 Definition
inferior
Term
lat
 Definition
lateral
Term
LLQ
 Definition
left lower quadrant
Term
LUQ
 Definition
left upper quadrant
Term
med
 Definition
medial
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Pa
 Definition
posteroanterior
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RLQ
 Definition
right lower quadrant
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RUQ
 Definition
right upper quadrant
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sup
 Definition
superior
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