Body Positions
The meaning of anatomic position
What is Standing straight, arms at the side, with the palms of the hands forward.
The meaning of di-
What is two, double
The meaning of Dorsal
What is the back side of the organ
The meaning of anter/o
What is before, in front
The meaning of hyster/o
What is uterus
The meaning of Frontal
What is the vertical plane aka the coronal divides the body into front and back (anterior and posterior)
The meaning of ambi-
What is both, both sides
The meaning of Anterior
What is situated in the front
The meaning of coron/o
What is coronary, crown
The meaning of caud/o
What is lower part of body, tail
The meaning of Midsagittal
What is vertical plane passing through the body at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves
The meaning of iso-
What is equal, same
The meaning of Posterior
What is situated in the back
The meaning of hist/o
What is tissue
The meaning of adip/o
What is fat
Term with the meaning "a vertical plane that divides the body into unequal right and left portions."
What is sagittal
Medical Prefix with the meaning "inside, within"
What is end-
The meaning of Superior
What is toward the head
The meaning of col/o
What is colon, large intestine
The meaning of bi-
What is two
The meaning of transverse
What is horizontal plane divides the body into front and back portions. Can be at any other level across the body.
The meaning of a-, an-, in-
What is without
Medical term with the meaning belly side of the organ
What is ventral
The meaning of cephal/o
What is head
The meaning of hemi-, semi
What is half