Body Planes
Organ Location in Abdominal Quads
Med Term
Prefix, Suffix, Or Word Root
Directional Terms
200

Divides the body into upper and lower parts.

What is transverse plane?

200

Stomach, pancreas, spleen 

What is Left Upper Quadrant

200

tissue

What is hist/o

200

epi

What is Prefix

200

Movement of limb away from body

What is abduction

300

Divides the body into inexact right and left parts.

What is sagittal plane?

300

Liver, gallbladder

What is Right Upper Quadrant

300

study of

What is logy

300

ar

What is Suffix

300

Pertaining to the midline of the body

What is medial

400

Divides the body into front and back halves.

What is coronal plane?

400

appendix

What is Right Lower Quadrant

400

upper, above

What is epi

400

cardi

What is Word Root

400

Farther away from the surface of the body

What is deep

500

Divides the body evenly into left and right sides.

What is midsagittal plane?

500

small intestine

Left Lower Quadrant

500

Most common combining vowel

What is O

500

gastr

What is Word Root

500

Closer to the point of attachment

What is proximal