Directional Terms
Side of the body; toward the outside
What is lateral?
toward the nose
What is rostral?
Anti-
what is opposing?
hypo-
low, below, behind
iso-
what is equal?
Away from the center of the body
What is distal?
toward the inside
what is medial?
Brady-
what is slow?
mal-
bad, poor
multi-
what is many?
toward the back of the body
what is dorsal?
toward the center of the body
what is proximal?
de-
what is away from?
poly-
what is many
neo-
what is new?
toward the head of the body
what is cranial?
toward the abdomen of the body
what is the ventral?
dys-
what is difficult?
ep-, epi-
what is on, upon?
pan-
what is all
bottom of the front feet
what is palmar?
toward the tail of the body
what is cuadal
hyper-
what is high, above, beyond
eu-
peri-
what is around?