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chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail (downward) |
| cephal/o | head (upward) |
| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | near (the point of attachment) |
| super/o | above |
| ventr/o | belly/front |
| bi | two-PRE |
| uni | one-PRE |
| ad | toward-SUF |
| ior | pertaining to-SUF |
| caudad | toward the tail (downward) |
| cephalad | toward the head (upward) |
| lateral | pertaining to a side |
| medial | pertaining to the middle |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side |
| bilateral | pertaining to two sides |
| mediolateral | pertaining to the middle and the side |
| distal | pertaining to away (from the point of the body) |
| proximal | pertaining to near (to the point of attachment to the body part) |
| inferior | pertaining to below |
| superior | pertaining to above |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| anterior | pertaining to the front |
| posterior | pertaining to the back |
| dorsal | pertaining to the back |
| ventral | pertaining to the belly |
| anterioposterior | pertaining to the front and the back |
| posteroanterior | pertaining to the back and to the front |