body direction
medical prefix
medical suffix
medical terms
miscellaneous
100

front or belly side of the organ

ventral

100

standing straight, palms facing forward

anatomic position

100

head

cephal

100

this vertical plane, aka the mid-line divides the body into equal left and right haves.

midsagittal

100

multi

many

200

situated in the front

anterior

200

this vertical plane aka the coronal divides the body into anterior and posterior

frontal

200

cell

cyt

200

sagittal

this vertical plane divides the body.

200

same

iso

300

situated in the back

posterior

300

in, within, inside

end

300

uterus

hyster

300

this horizontal plane divides the body.

transverse

300

small

micro

400

back side of of the organ

dorsal

400

before, front

anter

400

liver

hepat

400

out of

exo

400

two

bi

500

uppermost, above, or toward the head

superior

500

without, not absence of

an

500

tissue

hist

500

macro

large

500

one, single

mono

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