Pluralizing
Pluralized version of vein
What is veins?
The body position of lying flat on the back
What is the supine position?
Towards the side (away from the midline)
What is lateral?
Towards the midline
What is medial?
The part of a term that shows the body part/system
What is root?
Pluralized version of vertebra
What is vertebrae?
The body position of lying on a side with the upper knee flexed
What is the lateral position?
The plane that divides the body into front and back
Coronal/frontal plane
The plane that divides the body into left and right
What is the sagittal plane?
Follows a root, and is used when the suffix starts with a consonant, and always before the 2nd root if there is one
What is the combining vowel?
Pluralized version of atrium
What is atria?
Body position of lying on the stomach with the head to the side
What is prone position?
Towards the back
What is posterior/dorsal
Towards the feet (away from the head)
What is inferior/caudal?
The word part that describes procedures, conditions, and studies
What is a suffix?
Pluralized version phalanx
What is phalanges?
The body position of semi-sitting with elevated knees (can be low, semi, standard, or high)
What is fowler's position?
Towards the head
What is superior/cephalic?
The plane that divides the body into top and bottom
What is the transverse/axial plane?
The word part with the root and the combining vowel
What is the combining form?
Pluralized versions of melanoma?
What is melanomata OR melanomas (2 options)?
The side-lying version of lateral position with the lower arm by the side
What is sim's position?
The plane that divides body into equal left and right halves from the midline
What is the midsagittal/median plane?
Towards the front
What is anterior/ventral
Suffixes that describe pertaining to (-ac, -al, -eal, -atic, - ary, -an, -ous)
What is adjective suffixes?