Position, Direction, Location
Body Regions
Metric conversions
Directional Terms
Common symbols
100

Inside, within

What is intra?

100

Pertaining to the navel

What is umbilical?

100

37 C degrees to F

What is 98.6 degrees F?

100

Medial

What is closest to the midline?

100

a

What is alpha?

200

Circum

What is around?

200

Pertaining to the armpit

What is axillary?

200

1G to mg

What is 1,000 milligrams

200

Posterior

What is the back of the body?

200

~

What is approximately?

300

Abduction

What is away from?

300

Pertaining to the shoulder muscle

What is deltoid?

300

1 mg to mcg

What is 1000 mcg?

300

Superior

What is top?

300

?

What is questionable, possible?

400

Near, beside, beyond, apart from

What is para?

400

Gluteal

What is pertaining to the buttocks?

400

1 kg to pounds

What is 2.2 pounds?

400

Closest to the surface of the skin

What is superficial?

400

-

What is negative?

500

Decay

What is down from, away (waste away)?

500

Cutaneous

What is pertaining to the skin?

500

1 cm to inches

What is 0.39 inches

500

Closest to the point of attachment

What is proximal?

500

>

What is greater than?