Word parts/Medical Language Related to the body
This letter is most used when combining a word root(s), and a suffix.
This region lies inferior to the umbilical region of the abdominal cavity
What is the hypogastric region?
When defining a medical term you often begin with this part of the word.
What is suffix?
This region lies superior to the umbilical region and may contain the stomach and parts of the liver in the abdominal cavity.
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What is all caps?
These regions lie laterally on each side of the body on either side of the umbilical region in the abdominal cavity.
What are the left/right lumbar regions?
Mucous, serous, and cutaneous are types of this membrane that forms the covering of internal and external surface of the body.
What is epithelial membrane?
This sac is a double layered membrane that surrounds and protects the heart.
What is pericardium/pericardial sac.
This region contains the appendix and cecum of the small intestines.
What is the right iliac region.