Prefix and Suffix
Regional Terms
Directional Terms
Body Systems
Vocabulary
100

Head

What is caput-?

100

arm

What is the brachial region?

100

Farther from attachment site of limb

What is distal?

100

Urinary bladder

What is the urinary system?

100

Histology

What is the study of tissues?

200

outside

What is exo-?

200

ear

What is the otic region?

200

Toward the midline

What is the medial direction?

200

heart

What is the circulatory system?

200

Macroscopic anatomy

What is the unaided eye/big stuff anatomy?

300

Study of

What is -logy?

300

antecubital

What is the front of the elbow region?

300

Superior

What is upward/toward the head on the trunk of the body?

300

hair, skin, nails

What is the integumentary system?

300

Study of cells

What is cytology?

400

Middle

What is meso-?

400

Chin

What is the mental region?

400

Proximal

What is toward the attachment site of limb?

400

Testes and ovaries

What is the reproductive system?

400

Maintaining a stable internal environment

What is homeostasis?

500

after

What is post-?


500

Patellar Region

What is the anterior knee region?

500

Inbetween two structures

What is intermediate?

500

T-cells

What is the immune system?

500

Atom, molecules, organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and so on 

What are the Levels of Structural Hierarchy?