Root words
Meaning Words
Body Planes
Body Planes #2
prefix/suffix
100

Ket/o

What is Ketone Body

100

heart

what is Cardi/o

100

Closer to the center

Proximal

100

Divides the body from top to bottom

Transverse

100

ac/ic/ous

pertaining to

200

Cortic/o

What is the outer Surface

200

Stomach

What is Gastr/o

200

farther away from the center

Distal

200

Divides the body into slices from front to back

Coronal
200

ia/ism

condition

300

Enter/o

what is the Small Intestine

300

Muscle

What is My/o

300

toward the bottom

Caudal

300

Divides the body in slices right to left

Sagittal

300

algia/dynia

pain

400

Py/o

What is pus

400
Head

Cephal/o

400

above

superior

400

dorsal Posterior

the back

400

cele

hernia

500

xanth/o

What is yellow

500

Muscle tone, tension, pressure

ton/o

500

plantar

what is the sole of the foot

500

lying on back

supine

500

endo/intra

inside

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