Anatomical Terms
Movement and Directional Terms
Prefixes and Roots
Suffixes
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Term for Cheek

Buccal

100

Toward the Head or Upper Portion of the Body

Superior

100

Hyper

Above, More Than Normal

100

-Cyte

Cell

100

Divides the Body Into Front and Back Sections from Top to Bottom.

Frontal/Coronal Plane

200

Term for Buttocks

Gluteal

200

Near the Surface

Superficial

200

Micro

Very Small, Tiny

200

-Gram

Record

200

Term for Thigh

Femoral

300

Point of the Shoulder

Acromial

300

Lying Face Down

Prone

300

Dys

Painful, Bad, Difficult

300

-Itis

Inflammation

300

Moving a Body Part Toward the Midline of the Body

Adduction

400

Term for Head

Cephalic

400

Refers to the Internal Organs

Visceral

400

Kal/i

Potassium

400

-Malacia

Softening

400

-Spasm

Sudden Contraction of the Muscles

500
Term for Shin

Crural

500

The Wall of a Cavity

Parietal

500

Eti/o

Cause of Disease

500

-Centesis

Surgical Puncture to Remove Fluid

500

Dactyl

Finger/Toe

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