Directional Terminology
Anterior
What is the front of an animal
Which plane divides the body into equal right and left halves?
What is the median plane
IM stands for...
What is intramuscular
Fx stands for...
What is fracture
Anti- means what...
What is against
What direction does cranial indicate?
Frontal
What is the plane that divides the animal's body into top and bottom parts
FeLV stands for...
DVM stands for...
What is Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Trache/o means what...
What is trachea
Ventral
What is along the belly or the undermost surface
Transverse
What is the plane that divides the body into front and rear sections
ad lib stands for...
What is as much as desired
HBC stands for...
What is hit by car
-penia means what...
What is deficiency of
Rostral
What is in front of the face
What are structures further away from the surface of the body referred to as?
What is deep
OR stands for...
What is operating room
rbc stands for...
Apnea means what...
What is without or not breathing (usually temporarily)
Which direction does posterior indicate?
What is the rear of an animal
Which plane is parallel to the median plane that divides the body into unequal right and left parts?
What is the sagittal plane
NPO stands for...
What is nothing by mouth
GI stands for...
What is gastrointestinal
Dysphagia means what...
What is difficulty eating or swallowing
Which word is used to describe the part of the limb furthest from the body?
What is distal
Superficial
What is the structures closer to the surface of the body
NAF stands for...
What is no abnormal findings
TID stands for...
What is 3 times per day
Appendicitis means what...