| Question |
Answer |
| anterior |
front of body |
| posterior |
rear of body |
| crainial |
toward the head |
| caudal |
toward the tail |
| rostral |
nose |
| cephalic |
head |
| dorsl |
back |
| ventral |
belly |
| medial |
midline |
| lateral |
away from midline |
| unilateral |
one side |
| bilateral |
two side |
| deep |
below the surface |
| superfisal |
near the surface |
| proximal |
begining of body structure |
| distutal |
located far from point of referance |
| superior |
uppermost |
| inferior |
lowermost |
| median plane |
two equal halfs |
| sagittal plane |
two unequil halfs |
| transversael plane |
front and back |
| dorsal plane |
top and bottom |
| recombent |
laying down |
| dorsal recombency |
lying on back |
| ventral recombancy |
lying on belly |
| lateral recombency |
lying on side |
| palmor |
back or bottom of back foot |
| plantor |
back or bottom of front foot |
| abdution |
away from median plane |
| adduction |
toward the median plane |
| flexion |
bent a joint |
| extension |
straighten joint |
| subintion |
move so ventral surface is upward |
| pronation |
move to ventral surface is downward |
| occlusal surface |
chewing surface |
| buccal surface |
tooth surface facing cheek |
| labial surface |
tooth surface facing lips |
| contact surface |
tooth surface that touches otherteeth |
| dalatal surface |
tooth surface that faces the tonge |
| anatomy |
study of body structutres |
| phyiology |
study of body funtions |
| plasim |
formation material of cells |
| -oma |
tumor mass |
| pathology |
study of nature couse and desease |
| pathophysiology |
study of changes a desease caused |
| etiology |
study of disease causes |