Suffixes
Prefixes
Directional
Regional Anatomy
Planes and Cavities
100

The suffix -logy means this

What is "the study of"?

100

The prefix Tachy mean this

What is fast

100

The term for closer to the point of attachment.

What is proximal?

100

Axilary

What is the armpit?

100

This plane splits the body into top and bottom

What is the transverse plane?

200

The suffix -pathy means this

What is disease?

200

The prefix Hypo means this

What is low, deficient, or below normal?

200

The term for towards the midline of the body

What is medial?

200

Olecranon

The point/back of the elbow

200

The location of the appendix

What is the lower right quadrant (LRQ)?

300

The suffix -oma means this

What is a tumor, mass, or fluid collection?

300

The prefix Poly mean this

What is multi or many

300

The term for someone who is laying on their back

What is supine?

300

Gluteal

What is the buttocks

300

The cavity where you find the brain

What is the cranial Cavity?

400

The suffix -megaly means this

What is enlargement?

400

The prefix Ad means this

What is towards

400

The term for nearer to the surface

What is superficial?

400

Carpal

What is the wrist?

400

This plane splits the body into left and right sides

What is the Sagittal plane?
500

The suffix -ptysis means this

What is Spitting?

500

The suffix Retro means this

What is behind or backward?

500

The term for towards the front of the body

What is Anterior?

500

Coxal

What is the hip?

500

The cavity that contains the spleen

What is the abdominal/pelvic

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