Abbreviations
Directional Terms
Prefixes
Suffix
Body Cavities
100
As Needed
What is PRN?
100
Toward lower part of the body.
What is Caudal?
100
small size.
What is micro?
100
Repair
What is -plasty?
100
Contains Major organs of digestion.
What is Abdominal Cavity?
200
Nothing by Mouth
What is NPO?
200
The plane that divides the body into upper and lower portions
What is Transverse?
200
Slow.
What is Brady?
200
Puncture to remove fluid.
What is -centesis?
200
Diaphram
What divides the thoracic and abdominal cavity?
300
Ointment.
What is ung?
300
Movement Away from median Plane.
What is Abduction?
300
Large.
What is Megal/o?
300
Tumor
What is oma?
300
Back of the body.
What is Dorsal?
400
Left Eye.
What is OS?
400
Farthest end away from the body.
What is Distal?
400
Bad, Painful
What is dys?
400
Pain.
What is algia?
400
Front of the body?
What is Ventral?
500
Appendix is located here.
What is RLQ?
500
Back of the body.
What is Posterior?
500
Word part that describes a number.
What is Prefix?
500
Word Part for indicating a surgical or diagnostic procedure.
What is Suffix?
500
Reproductive and Excretory Systems
What is Pelvic Cavity?