Those Suffixes
Swelling
What is -itis
Intermediate means:
What is between
This splits the body into anterior and posterior.
What is the frontal plane?
The head is _____________ to the chest.
What is superior?
This primary cavity contains the brain and vertebrae.
Surgical repair
What is -plasty
Intra- means:
What is within
This splits the body into left and right segments.
What is sagittal?
The chin is _________ to the eyes.
What is inferior?
This cavity contains the reproductive organs.
What is the pelvic cavity?
Removal of
What is -ectomy
Endo-
What is inside?
This splits the body into top and bottom portions.
What is transverse?
The shoulder is ___________ to the midline.
This cavity contains the heart.
What is the thoracic cavity?
What is -osis
This is laying face down
What is prone
This splits the body into equal halves, left and right.
What is mid-sagittal?
The sternum is __________ to the shoulder.
What is medial?
This primary cavity contains the heart, lungs, diaphragm, stomach and reproductive organs.
What is the ventral cavity?
Pain
What is -algia
What is face up?
What is supine?
This splits the body in a plane that in a non-specific plane. Not horizontal, horizontal or vertical.
What is oblique?
This means toward the head. The opposite of caudal.
What is cephalic?
This cavity is directly inferior to the diaphragm.
What is the abdominal cavity?