Lesson 9-14 Vocab

Front 1

Afferent

Back 1

To carry toward

Front 2

Anatomy

Back 2

Science of the structure of the body

Front 3

Antero/

Back 3

Before

Front 4

Anterior

Back 4

In front of

Front 5

Caudal

Caudad

Back 5

Toward the tail

Front 6

Central

Back 6

Relating to the center

Front 7

Coron/o

Back 7

Corona

Crown

Front 8

Coronal

Back 8

Relating to the crown

Front 9

Distal

Back 9

Farther away from the center

Front 10

Dors/o

Back 10

Dorsum

Back

Front 11

Dorsal

Back 11

Relating to the back

Front 12

/e

Back 12

Noun suffix

Front 13

Efferent

Back 13

To carry away from

Front 14

Ex/

Exo/

Ef/

Back 14

Away from

Without

Outside

Front 15

/ferent

Back 15

Bear

Carry

Front 16

Ili/o

Back 16

Hip bone

Iliac region

Front 17

Infer/o

Inferior

Back 17

Low

Below

Front 18

Lateral

Back 18

Relating to or toward the side

Front 19

/ly

Back 19

In the style of

Front 20

Medi/o

Back 20

Media

Front 21

Medial

Back 21

Toward the middle

Relating to the middle

Front 22

Midsaggital

Back 22

Pertaining to the midline

Front 23

Morphology

Back 23

Study of the form of body parts

Front 24

Parasaggital

Back 24

Dividing the body into unequal right and left sections

Front 25

Peripheral

Back 25

At or near the rim or edge

Front 26

Pher/o

Back 26

Support

Bear

Front 27

Physiologic

Back 27

Normal function of how the body works

Front 28

Plane

Back 28

Imaginary flat surfaces that pass through the body

Front 29

Posterolateral

Back 29

Behind and to one side

Front 30

Posterior

Back 30

In back of

Front 31

Proximal

Back 31

Nearer to the center

Front 32

Sagittal

Back 32

Dividing the body into left and right sections

Front 33

Super/o

Superior

Back 33

Above

Front 34

Supermedial

Back 34

Above the middle

Front 35

Superolateral

Back 35

Above and to one side

Front 36

Transverse

Back 36

Dividing the body into superior and inferior sections

Front 37

Ventral

Ventr/o

Back 37

Belly side