Glandular Pathology
Directional Terms
Regions
Body Planes
Body Cavities
100

Inflammation of a Gland

What is adenitis?

100

Opposite of Anterior

What is Posterior?

100

Another word for belly button.

What is Umbilical?

100

Divides the body into equal right and left halves

What is midsagittal plane?

100
Holds the brain.

What is cranium?

200

Glandular Tumor

What is adenoma?

200

Towards the Head

What is cephalic?

200

Hypogastric

What is below the stomach?

200

 Imaginary line that divides the body into upper and lower portions

What is transverse?

200

 Holds the vertebrae

What is Spinal?

300

Abnormal Condition of a Gland

What is Adenosis?
300

Opposite of Superior

What is inferior?

300

Region in the hip area.

What is coxal?

300

 Divides the body into anterior and posterior portions

What is the frontal plane?

300

 Holds the reproductive organs

What is pelvic?

400

Surgical Removal of a Gland

What is adenectomy?

400

On a limb, farthest from the midline.

What is distal?

400

Region of the lower back.

What is lumbar?

400

 Divides the body into unequal left and right halves

What is sagittal plane?

400

Chest cavity

What is thoracic?

500

Abnormal softening of the Glands

What is adenomalacia?

500

Another term for posterior.

What is dorsal?

500

Upper front region of body.

What is thoracic?

500

 Another word for Frontal Plane

What is the coronal plane?

500

 Cavity along the front side of the body

What is ventral?

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