Combining Forms
Body Cavities
Body Planes
Word Parts
Building Terms
100
Means armpit
What is axill/o
100
Contains the brain and is surrounded and protected by the cranium or skull
What is cranial cavity
100
Divides the body into front and back portions
What is Frontal or Coronal plane
100
Means two
What is bi-
100
Pertaining to under the stomach
What is hypogastric
200
Means front
What is anter/o
200
Contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, and trachea
What is thoracic cavity
200
Are vertical planes that separates the sides from each other
What is Sagittal
200
Means one
What is uni-
200
Means pertaining to within the skull
What is intracranial
300
Means left
What is Sinstr/o
300
Contains the spinal cord and is surrounded and protected by the bones of the spine or vertebrae
What is Spinal cavity
300
Also call cross sectional divides the body horizontally into an upper part and a lower part.
What is Transverse Plane
300
Means within
What is endo
300
Pertaining to the abdomen and pelvis
What is abdominopelvic
400
Means body
Corpor/o
400
What cavity holds the heart
What is pericardial cavity
400
This separates the body into equal right and left halves
What is midsagittal plane
400
Means above, upon
What is epi-
400
Pertaining to the opposite side
What is contralateral
500
Means right
What is dextr/o
500
Is the space in the abdominal cavity behind the peritoneum , which contains the kidneys and other organs
What is retroperitoneum
500
Divides the body at a slanted angle
What is oblique plane
500
Means beyond change
What is meta-
500
Pertaining to above the chest
What is suprathoracic
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