Prefix
What is Ad-
What is Anterior?
Describing the heart
What is cardi-?
A word formed from two or more whole words
What is a compound?
The study of the body function
What is physiology?
Before
What is Ante-?
Away from the head
What is inferior?
Describing or pertaining to the liver
What is hepat-?
Foundation of a word that is not a word that can stand on its own
What is a root?
Slicing the body into two halves near the waist, top and bottom, would create which plane?
What is the horizontal or transverse plane?
Slow or below normal
What is Brady-?
Closer to the torso
Pertaining to Nerves or Nervous System
What is Neur (Neuro)?
Word part added to the end of a root or word to complete its meaning
What is a suffix?
Referring to "both sides"
Difficult or Painful
What is Dys-?
A line drawn vertically from the middle of the armpit to the ankle
What is the midaxillary line?
Pertaining to Air or lungs
What is pneumo?
An abbreviation made up of initials that can be pronounced as a word
What is an acroynm?
RUQ, LUQ, RLQ and LLQ
What are the abdominal quadrants?
Within or Inside
What is intra-?
A flat surface formed when slicing through a solid object
What is a plane?
The armpit area
What is axillary?
The standard reference position for the body in the study of anatomy
What is the anatomical position?
Referring to the palm of the hand
What is palmar?