Body Cavities
Divisions of the Back
Directional Terms
Word Root
Prefix/Suffix
100
cavity surrounded by the skull
What is cranial?
100
region of the neck
What is cervical?
100
The left lung lies _____ to the heart
What is lateral?
100
crani/o
What is skull?
100
inter-
What is between?
200
cavity in the chest surrounded by the ribs
What is thoracic?
200
region of the chest
What is thoracic?
200
The ___ end of the humerus is at the shoulder
What is proximal?
200
cervic/o
What is neck?
200
hypo-
What is below?
300
cavity surrounded by the hip bone
What is pelvic?
300
region of the waist
What is lumbar?
300
The liver lies ______ to the intestines
What is superior?
300
sacr/o
What is sacrum?
300
ana-
What is up?
400
cavity surrounded by the back bones
What is spinal?
400
region of the sacrum
What is sacral?
400
The ____ end of the thigh bone (femur) joins with the knee cap.
What is distal?
400
trache/o
What is treachea, windpipe?
400
-ose
What is pertaining to, full of?
500
cavity below the chest containing digestive organs
What is abdominal?
500
region of the tailbone
What is coccygeal?
500
The diaphragm lies ______ to the organs in the thoracic cavity.
What is inferior, caudal?
500
inguin/o
What is groin?
500
-eal
What is pertaining to?
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