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pneum(a)‐, pneuma(o)‐ air,gas,lung,breathing

ultra‐beyond

‐poiesis, ‐poietic production

uni‐one,single

poly‐many;multiple

uria‐urine;urination

post‐ after,behind,posterior

uro‐ urine;urinary track

pre‐anterior, before

presby‐old

vas‐duct,‐blood vessel

pro‐before,forward;precursor

vasculo‐duct;blood vessel

pseud(o)‐false

vaso‐ duct;blood vessel

‐ptosis sagging, falling

vesic(o)‐urinary bladder,vesicle

pyel(o)‐ renal(pelvis)

pyo‐ suppuration, pus

xanth(o)‐yellow

pyro‐fire,heat,fever

xero‐dry

radio‐radiation,x‐ray;radius

zym(o)‐enzyme

re‐again,back,backward

rect(o)‐rectum

ren(o)‐kidney

Anatomy and Positioning

retro‐backward,behind

rhin(o)‐nose

Longitudinal Plane: Running lengthwise; in the direction of

‐rrhagia ‐discharge, bleeding

the long axis of the body or any of its parts of sections

‐rrhea ‐flow

Transverse Plane: Placed across the body at right angles to

sacro‐flesh,muscle

the frontal and sagittal planes. The transverse plane is

schisto‐,schiz(o)‐split,cleft,division

perpendicular to the long axis of the body or limbs in the

scler(o)‐hardness,ocular sclera

anatomic position

scolio‐crooked

‐scope‐ instrument for viewing

Sagittal Plane: A plane vertical in the anatomic position,

‐scopy ‐viewing

through the midline of the body that divides the body into

scot(o)‐shadow, darkness

the right and left halves

semi‐one‐half;partly

sept‐infection

Frontal(coronal) plane: A vertical plane at right angles to

sin‐,sin(o)‐,sinu‐ sinus

the sagittal plane, dividing the body into anterior and

somat‐,somato‐,somatic‐ body,bodily

posterior portions

son(o)‐sound;ultrasound

spasmo‐spasm

spir(o)‐breathing

Body Part Terminology

splanchn(l)‐,splanchno‐viscera

splen(o)‐spleen

Anterior: the front surface of the body or the position of

‐stasis ‐stopping

one part relative to another

steno‐narrowness,constriction

stom(a)‐,stomat(o)‐mouth

Posterior: the back surface of the body or the position of

sub‐beneath, less than normal, inferior

one part relative to another

super‐ above,in excess, superior

supra‐ above

Medial: Relating to the middle or center

sy‐,syl‐,sym‐,syn‐,sys‐together

Lateral: Farther from the medial or sagittal plane

tachy‐rapid

ten‐,tendin‐,teno‐tenont(o)‐ tendon

Proximal: Nearest to the trunk or point of origin

therm(o)‐heat

thora‐,thorac(l)‐,thoracico,thoraco‐ chest, thorax

Distal: situated away from the center of the body or from

thromb(o)‐ blood clot

the point of origin

‐tomy ‐cutting operation

tox(l)‐, toxico‐, toxo‐ toxic

Superior: situated nearer the vertex of the head

trache(o)‐ trachea

trans‐across,trhough,beyond

Inferior: situated nearer the soles of the feet

‐trophic, tropho‐, ‐trophy food,nutrition

‐tropia,‐tropic,‐trophy‐ affinity,tendency

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