Medical Terminology Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
SUPERIOR | Above |
INFERIOR | Below |
ANTERIOR | Front or in front |
POSTERIOR | Back or back of |
MEDIAL | Midline towards centre |
LATERAL | Side or away from midline |
PROXIMAL | Nearest to a point of origin/nearer to the trunk |
DISTAL | Furthest from a point of origin/further from the trunk |
SUPERFICIAL | Nearer to the skin or body surface |
DEEP | Away from surface/further under the skin |
VENTRAL | Front |
DORSAL | Back |
CORTEX | Outer region e.g. of kidney |
MEDULLA | Inner region e.g. of kidney |
PERIPHERAL | Relating to the outer surface or circumference |
PLANTAR | Referring to sole of a foot |
PALMAR | Referring to palm of a hand |
SAGITTAL | Lengthwise (vertically) from front to back |
FRONTAL OR CORONAL | Lengthwise (vertically) form side to side dividing body into ventral and dorsal sections |
HORIZONTAL/AXIAL/ TRANSVERSE | Divides body across into upper and lower parts |
CRANIAL/CEPHALAD | Head or towards the head/ upper section |
CAUDAL OR CAUDAD | Tail or towards tail/lower section |
BILATERAL | Both sides |
UNILATERAL | One side |
IPSILATERAL | On the same side |
CONTRALATERAL | On the opposite side |
PRONE | Body lying face down |
SUPINE | Body lying face up |
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