Combining Forms
Directional Terms
Planes
Combining Forms
Medical Terms
100
abdomin/o
What is abdomen
100
toward the head end or upper part of the body
What is Superior
100
A vertical planepassing through the body from side to side, dividing the body from anterior or posterior portions.
What is Frontal or Coronal Plane
100
Back
What is Poster/o
100
A disease with a short duration
What is acute
200
cardi/o
What is heart
200
toward the back
What is Posterior
200
A vertical plane dividing the body into right and left portions
What is Sagittal Plane
200
above
What is Super/o
200
a disease caused by an organism such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoans.
What is Infection
300
dors/o
What is back
300
Toward the side
What is Lateral
300
A plane dividing the body the center into equal portions
What is Midsagittal Plane
300
below
What is Infer/o
300
A term that describes diseases that are long duration.
What is Chronic
400
ventr/o
What is belly
400
away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body
What is Inferior
400
A horizontal plane dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
What is Transverse Plane
400
Near
What is Proxim/o
400
A finding that can be discovered by an objective examination.
What is Sign
500
cyt/o
What is cell
500
Toward the midline or a vertical line down the middle of the body
What is Medial
500
An imaginary flat field that is used as point of reference for viewing three-dimensional objects.
What is A Plane.
500
side
What is Later/o
500
Identification of an illness
What is Diagnosis
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