Prefixes
Suffixes
Planes, Regions, and Cavities of the Body
Directional Terms
Medical Terminology
100
This prefix is used when speaking about the stomach
What is gastr/o?
100
This suffix refers to disease or condition of the body
What is sis or osis
100
This term is used when referring to the surrounding or outer regions
What is peripheral?
100
These 3 terms mean towards the head or upper body
What is superior, cranial, or cephalic?
100
Cardiology
What is the study of the heart?
200
This prefix is used to describe conditions of the kidney
What is nephr/o?
200
This suffix means surgical repair
What is plasty?
200
This plane divides the body into right and left halves
What is midsagittal or median?
200
Towards or at the body's surface
What is superficial?
200
Rhinoplasty
What is surgical repair of the nose?
300
This prefix means "to swallow"
What is phag/o
300
This suffix means decrease or lack of
What is penia?
300
This plane divides the body into superior and inferior sections
What is transverse or horizontal?
300
Referring to body parts close to the point of reference of the body
What is proximal?
300
Tachycardia
What is rapid heart rate?
400
This prefix is used when referring to the kidneys
What is nephr/o?
400
This suffix means the one who specializes
What is logist?
400
This region of the body houses the belly button
What is the umbilical region?
400
This term refers to the extremities or the surrounding areas of the body
What is peripheral?
400
Hepatitis
What is inflammation of the liver?
500
The prefix refers to vessels
What is angi/o?
500
This suffix means the enlargement of
What is megaly?
500
This quadrant houses the liver, right kidney, colon, pancreas and gall bladder
What is the right upper quadrant?
500
Towards the side or away from the midline of the body
What is lateral?
500
Pericarditis
What is inflammation of the outside of the heart?
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