quadrants
left lower quadrant
LLQ
front (aka ventral)
anterior
free of
dis-
carcin/o
cancer
superior
SUP
right upper quadrant
RUQ
toward the middle
medial
under
sub-
-logist
one who studies and treats
(specialist, physician)
posterior
post
left upper quadrant
LUQ
below
inferior
wrist
carp/o
-oma
tumor
anterior
ant
right lower quadrant
RLQ
above
superior
lungs
pulman/o
control,stop
lateral
lat
quadrants in order
RUQ, LUQ, RLQ, LLQ
back/rear (aka dorsal)
posterior
puncturing
-centesis
epitheli/o
epithelium
medial
med