Prefixes & Suffixes
Without
What is a-?
Splits structure into right and left portions
What is saggital?
From a low position
What is inferior (caudal)?
To bring structures together
What is adduct?
What does the CNS consist of?
What is brain and spinal cord?
What is -algia?
Splits structure into upper and lower portions
What is transverse?
From a high position
What is superior (cranial)?
To bend a joint
What is flexion?
How many structures is the brain made up of and what are they?
What is four and the brainstem, the cerebellum, diencephalon, and cerebral hemispheres?
Related to blood vessels
Splits structure into front and back portions
What is coronal?
Toward's the body's midline
What is medial?
To move structures apart
What is abduct?
What is the brainstem consisted of?
What is medulla, pons, and midbrain?
Short
What is brachy-?
Another name for transverse
What is horizontal?
Towards the outer surface
What is peripheral?
Lying with ventral surface up
What is supine?
Where does the cerebellum lie?
What is posterior to the pons?
Removal
What is -ectomy?
Alternative name for saggital
What is lateral?
Same side
What is ipsilateral?
Lying with ventral surface down
What is pronate?
What makes up the final part of the CNS?
What is the spinal cord?