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Medical Prefixes
Body Planes and Cavities
Body Directions and Positions
Body Systems
Medical Specialties
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an
What means without; no
100
Divides the body into left and right.
What is sagittal plane?
100
Moving from the end of a limb toward the trunk
What is proximal?
100
Includes skin, hair, and nails
What is the integumentary system?
100
A physician who specializes in gastroenterology.
What is a gastroenterologist?
200
pre
What is before; in front of
200
Contains the heart and lungs
What is the thoracic cavity?
200
Lying face down.
What is prone?
200
Includes the heart, arteries, and veins
What is the cardiovascular system?
200
The study of the respiratory system
What is pulmonology?
300
tachy
What is fast?
300
Divides the body into inferior and superior halves.
What is the transverse plane?
300
Caudal
What is moving toward the tail bone?
300
Includes the nose, lungs, and trachea
What is the respiratory system?
300
The study of the integumentary system
What is dermatology?
400
intra
What is within?
400
an be divided into RUQ, LUQ, LLQ, and RLQ
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
400
Structures on the surface of the body
What is external?
400
Includes the stomach, esophagus, and intestines
What is the digestive system?
400
The study of the skeletal and muscular system
What is orthopedics?
500
trans
What is across; through?
500
Contains the brain
What is the cranial cavity?
500
Supine
What is lying on your back?
500
Includes the bladder and kidneys.
What is the urinary system?
500
A physician who specializes in neurology
What is a neurologist?