Prefixes
A
What is without, not, lack of
Arthro
What is joint
Algia
What is pain
This is the back surface of the body.
What is posterior
The is a shortened for of a word
What is abbreviation
Anti
What is against
Cardio
What is heart
Cyte
What is cell
This direction is located at or toward the front of the body
What is anterior
The is a word element that is placed at the end of a root word.
What is suffix
Brady
Slow
Cephalo
What is head
Emia
What is blood condition
This is far far away from the midline of the body
What is lateral
This word element is placed at the beginning of a word.
What is a prefix
Dys
What is difficult, abnormal
Cyst
What is bladder
Itis
What is inflammation
The part nearest to the trunk of the body or the point of origin is known as this direction.
What is proximal
This word element contains the meaning of the word
What is the root
Mal
What is illness, disease
Angio
What is vessel
Lysis
What is destruction of, decomposition
The farrest away from the centre or from the point of attachment is know as this direction.
What is distal
RUQ, LUQ, RLQ and LLQ are the four areas of abdomen. In medical terms, this as known as this mathmatical term
What is quadrants