A & P Basics
front of the body
Anterior
tachy-
fast
-itis
inflammation
Therapy
treatment
blood pressure
BP
back of body
posterior
hyper-
above normal, excessive
-ology
the study of
diagnosis
identification of disease
oxygen
O2
toward the midline
medial
poly-
many, much
-emia
blood condition
chronic
long lasting condition
immediately
STAT
farther from the point of origin
distal
brady-
slow
-pathy
disease or disorder
benign
not cancerous
nothing by mouth
NPO
away from midline
lateral
oligo-
few, small amount
-algia
prognosis
expected outcome of a disease
as needed