Tissue
Directional Terms
Cavities/Regions
Comb for regions
Random
100

skin tissue

epithelial

100

Above or below

Superior/Inferior

100

large organs in the ventral cavity

viscera

100

laparo

abdominal wall

100

Plantar

sole of the foot

200
binds body tissue and parts

Connective tissue

200

Toward the head

Toward the tail

cephalad

Caudad/caudal

200

Pelvic and abdominal cavity together

Abdominopelvic

200

onych

nail

200

hemato

blood

300

Fibers that contract 

muscular tissue

300

Toward the middle

Toward the side

medial

lateral

300

suffix for surgical puncture

surgical puncture of the thoracic

centesis

thoracentesis

300

blepharo

eyelid

300

stones

calculi

400
conducts impulses that connect the brain and spinal cord

Nervous tissue

400

nearer the point of origin/attachment

Far or distant from the point of origin/attachment

Proximal

Distal

400

Abnormal fluid in the abdomen

Ascites

400

digit

dactylo

400

Hydrocephalitis

condition of abnormal fluid in the head

500

Natural environment maintained by the body

homeostasis

500

Front 2

Back 2

Anterior/Ventral

Posterior/Dorsal

500

membrane that lines the abdominopelvic area and enfolds the internal organs

peritoneum

500

omphal

umbilicus

500

diaphoresis

sweating alot

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