Parts of an Organ
Combining Forms
Ventral Surface Anatomy
Dorsal Surface Anatomy
Positional & Directional
100
Apex
What is the pointed extremity of a conical structure?
100
fat
What is adip/o?
100
pertaining to the cheek
What is buccal?
100
buttocks
What is gluteal?
100
superior
What is pertaining to upward?
200
Body
What is the largest or most important part of an organ?
200
nerve
What is neur/o?
200
pertaining to the forehead
What is frontal?
200
pertaining to the back of the neck
What is nuchal?
200
ipsilateral
What is pertaining to same side?
300
fornix
What is a vaultlike or arched structure?
300
same
What is home/o?
300
pertaining to the chin
What is mental?
300
pertaining to the scapula
What is scapular?
300
proximal
What is pertaining to near the origin?
400
fundus
What is the base or deepest part of a hollow organ that is farthest from the mouth of the organ?
400
tissue
What is hist/o?
400
pertaining to the armpit
What is axillary?
400
pertaining to the back of the knee
What is popliteal?
400
deep
What is away from the surface of the body?
500
hilum
What is the recess, exit, or entrance of a duct into a gland, or of a nerve and vessel into an organ?
500
bone
What is osse/o?
500
pertaining to the front of the elbow
What is antecubital?
500
pertaining to the calf
What is sural?
500
dextrad
What is toward the right?
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