Parts of a Med Term
Terms of Position
Name that Term
Body Divisions
Define the Term
100

A single letter or group of letters attached to the end of a root word; usually indicate a condition, disease, diagnostic or surgical treatment, or therapeutic remedy

Suffix

100

A semi-sitting position with head of bead elevated

Fowlers

100

Term meaning away from the point of attachment

Distal

100

Divides the body into anterior and posterior sections

Frontal plane

100

Meaning of "epi"

above

200

Used for grammatical purposes, this connects the root word to the suffix or to another root word

combining vowel

200

Lying face up

Supine

200

Term meaning above the stomach

Epigastric

200

The abdominal region can be divided into this number of quadrants

4

200

Ventral

Front

300

A single letter or group of letters attached to the front of a root word; usually indicate location, time, and number

Prefix

300


Anatomical position

300

Opposite of inferior

Superior

300

Divides the body into left and right sections

Median or midsagittal plane

300

Caudal

Toward the head

400


o

400

Side lying

lateral

400

Meaning closes to the point of attachment

Proximal
400

The stomach lie within this cavity, which is within the ventral cavity

Abdominal cavity

400

Dorsal

back

500

The central part of a medical word. Usually refers to the body part.

Root word

500

Lying face down

Prone

500

Meaning back

Dorsal or posterior

500

Divides the body into superior and inferior sections

Transverse plane

500

Anterior

Front