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MED TERM Chapter 03 Vocabulary
MED TERM Chapter 03 Vocabulary
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Undergraduate 1
03/09/2007
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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caud/o
 Definition
tail (downward)
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cephal/o
 Definition
head (upward)
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dist/o
 Definition
away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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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)
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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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anterior (ant)
 Definition
pertaining to the front
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posterior
 Definition
pertaining to the back
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inferior (inf)
 Definition
pertaining to below
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superior (sup)
 Definition
pertaining to above
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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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dorsal
 Definition
pertaining to the back
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ventral
 Definition
pertaining to the belly (front)
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caudal
 Definition
pertaining to the tail
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cephalic
 Definition
pertaining to the head
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anteroposterior (AP)
 Definition
pertaining to the front and to the back
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posteroanterior (PA)
 Definition
pertaining to the back and to the front
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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 to the side
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mediad
 Definition
toward the middle
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cephalad
 Definition
toward the head
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frontal or coronal
 Definition
vertical filed passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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sagittal
 Definition
vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the 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
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umbilical region
 Definition
around the navel (umbilicus)
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epigastric region
 Definition
directly above the umbilical region
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hypogastric region
 Definition
directly below the umbilical region
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hypochondriac regions
 Definition
to the right and left of the epigastric region
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lumbar regions
 Definition
to the right and left of the umbilical region
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iliac regions
 Definition
to the right and left of the hypogastric region
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ant
 Definition
anterior
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AP
 Definition
anteroposterior
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inf
 Definition
inferior
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lat
 Definition
lateral
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LLQ
 Definition
left lower quadrant
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LUQ
 Definition
left upper quadrant
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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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