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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a | without |
| an | not |
| hypo | under or below |
| intra | under or below |
| sub | under or below |
| macro | large |
| epi | above |
| pre | before |
| post | after |
| medi | middle |
| ab | away from |
| adip/o | fat |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| chol | bile |
| enter/o | intestine |
| pector/o | chest |
| Xanth/o | yellow |
| gastro | stomach |
| natal | born |
| cutan | skin |
| al | pretaining to |
| ous | pretaining to |
| ar | pretaining to |
| osis | abnormal conditions |
| ism | abnormal conditions |
| ia | abnormal conditions |
| itis | inflammation |
| ostomy | opening created surgically |
| paresis | weakness |
| tome | instrument that cuts |
| Anterior | toward the front of the body |
| posterior | toward the back of the body |
| superior | close to the head |
| Inferior | away from the head |
| medial | closer to the body's midline |
| lateral | away from the body's midline |
| proximal | closer to the trunck |
| distal | away from the trunck |
| coronal/Frontal plane | longitudinal plane through a body |
| sagittal plane | longitudinal plane through a body right and left sections |
| axial/tranverse plane | horizontal plane through a body |
| dorsal cavity | cranial cavity and vertebral cavity |
| ventral cavity | thoracic cavity, abdominal cavity , pelvic cavity |
| cranial cavity | contains the brain |
| vertebral cavity | contains the spinal column |
| thoracic cavity | contains the lungs, heart, blood vessels, thymus gland and breast tissue |
| pelvic cavity | contains the bladder, large intestine, rectum, , reproductive organs |
| abdominal cavity | contains the stomach, gallbladder, liver, colon, small intestine, kidneys, appendix |