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37 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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bi-
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two
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uni-
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one
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hypo-
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below, incomplete, deficient
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epi-
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on, upon, over
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anter/o
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front
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caud/o
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tail (downward)
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cephal/o
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head (upward)
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dist/o
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away ( from the point of attachment of a body part)
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dors/o
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back
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infer/o
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below
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later/o
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side
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medi/o
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middle
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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near (the point of attachment of a body part)
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super/o
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above
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ventr/o
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belly (front)
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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orth/o
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straight
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umbilic/o
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umbilicus (navel)
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lumb/o
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loin (or lumbar region of the spine)
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gastr/o
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stomach
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ili/o
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ilium
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-ad
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toward
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-pnea
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breathing
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-al, -ar, -ic
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pertaining to
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frontal/ coronal
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vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into anterior and posterior portions
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sagittal
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vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides
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midsagittal
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vertical field running through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into right and left halves
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parasagittal
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vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into unequal left and right sides
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transverse
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horizontal field dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
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prone
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lying on abdomen, facing downward (head may be turned to one side)
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supine
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lying on back, facing upward
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RUQ
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right upper quadrant
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LUQ
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left upper quadrant
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RLQ
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right lower quadrant
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LLQ
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left lower quadrant
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