Word Parts
Prefixes - Suffixes
Anatomical Body Planes/Cavities
Directional Terms
Peritoneum
100
Combining form that means gland
What is aden/o?
100
a suffix that means abnormal softening
What is -malacia?
100
a plane that divides the body into equal left and right halves
What is the midsagittal plane?
100
refers to the front or belly side of the body
What is ventral?
100
inflammation of the peritoneum
What is peritonitis?
200
Combining form that means fat.
What is adip/o?
200
a prefix that means "within"
What is endo-?
200
a plane dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
What is the frontal plane?
200
refers to the back of the body
What is dorsal?
200
the fused double layer of the outer layer of the peritoneum that attaches parts of the intestine to the interior abdominal wall
What is the mesentery?
300
Combining form that means cell.
What is cyto/o?
300
a prefix that means "out of"
What is exo-?
300
the cavity located within the skull, surrounds and protects the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
300
means toward the head (not superior)
What is cephalic?
300
the outer layer of the peritoneum that lines the interior of the abdominal wall
What is the parietal peritoneum?
400
the study of the structure, composition, and function of tissues
What is histology?
400
a suffix that means "formation"
What is -plasia?
400
cavity that surrounds and protects the heart and the lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
400
means situated nearest the midline or the beginning of a body structure
What is proximal?
400
The inner layer of the peritoneum that surrounds the organs of the abdominal cavity
What is the visceral peritoneum?
500
the study of the causes of diseases
What is etiology?
500
means excessive development or enlargement not due to tumor formation
What is hypertrophy?
500
cavity that contains primarily the major organs of digestions and the organs of reproductive and excretory systems
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
500
means the direction toward the side of the body and away from the midline
What is lateral?
500
means located behind the peritoneum
What is retroperitoneal?
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