Direction 1
Direction 2
Vocabulary 1
Word Elements
Opposites
100
Pertaining to the front of the body or toward the belly of the body.
What is anterior?
100
Pertaining to the back of the body.
What is posterior?
100
Word meaning "navel"
What is umbilicus?
100
Ana-
What is not, without?
100
superficial
What is deep?
200
Toward the midline of the body.
What is medial?
200
Pertaining to the sole or bottom of the foot.
What is plantar?
200
This cavity contains the urinary bladder and reproductive organs.
What is pelvic?
200
inter-
What is between?
200
anterior
What is posterior?
300
Pertaining to the head.
What is cranial?
300
Pertaining to the tail.
What is caudal?
300
Muscle that is attached to bone and is responsible for the movement of the skeleton.
What is skeletal?
300
-plasm
What is living substance?
300
medial
What is lateral?
400
Away from or farthest from the trunk of the body or farthest from the point of origin of a body part.
What is distal?
400
Lying face down on the abdomen.
What is prone?
400
The chest cavity, which contains the lungs, heart, aorta, esophagus, and trachea.
What is thoracic?
400
proximo-
What is near?
400
cranial
What is caudal?
500
Pertaining to the surface of the body or near the surface.
What is superficial?
500
The back or posterior surface of a part; in the foot, the top of the foot.
What is dorsum?
500
Organs that work together to perform the many functions of the body as a whole.
What is system?
500
ventr/o
What is belly, front side?
500
ventral
What is dorsal?
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