Terms Pertaining To The Body As A Whole

Front 1

Anterior

Back 1

Front surface of the body

Front 2

Deep

Back 2

Away from the surface

Front 3

Distal

Back 3

Far from the point of attachment to the trunk or far from the beginning of a structure

Front 4

Frontal plane

Back 4

Vertical plane dividing the body or structure into anterior and posterior portions

Front 5

Inferior (caudal)

Back 5

Below another structure; pertaining to the tail or lower portion of the body

Front 6

Lateral

Back 6

Pertaining to the side

Front 7

Medial

Back 7

Pertaining to the middle or near the medial plane of the body

Front 8

Posterior

Back 8

Back surface of the body

Front 9

Prone

Back 9

Lying on the belly

Front 10

Proximal

Back 10

Near the point of attachment to the trunk or near the beginning of a structure

Front 11

Sagittal

Back 11

Vertical plane dividing the body or structure into right and left sides

Front 12

Superficial

Back 12

On the surface

Front 13

Superior

Back 13

Above another structure; pertaining to the head

Front 14

Supine

Back 14

Lying on the back

Front 15

Transverse plane

Back 15

Horizontal plane dividing the body into upper and lower portions

Front 16

Abdomen

Back 16

Abdomen

Front 17

Adip/o

Back 17

Fat

Front 18

Anter/o

Back 18

Front

Front 19

Bol/o

Back 19

To cast

Front 20

Cervic/o

Back 20

Neck

Front 21

Chondr/o

Back 21

Cartilage

Front 22

Chrom/o

Back 22

Color

Front 23

Coccyg/o

Back 23

Coccyx

Front 24

Crani/o

Back 24

Skull

Front 25

Cyt/o

Back 25

Cell

Front 26

Dist/o

Back 26

Far, distant

Front 27

Dors/o

Back 27

Back portion of body

Front 28

Hist/o

Back 28

Tissue

Front 29

Illi/o

Back 29

Illium (part of the pelvic bone)

Front 30

inguin/o

Back 30

Groin

Front 31

Kary/o

Back 31

Nucleus

Front 32

Later/o

Back 32

Side

Front 33

Lumb/o

Back 33

Lower back

Front 34

Medi/o

Back 34

Middle

Front 35

Nucle/o

Back 35

Nucleus

Front 36

Pelv/i

Back 36

Pelvis, hip region

Front 37

Poster/o

Back 37

Back, behind

Front 38

Proxim/o

Back 38

Nearest

Front 39

Sacr/o

Back 39

Sacrum

Front 40

Sarc/o

Back 40

Flesh

Front 41

Spin/o

Back 41

Spine, backbone

Front 42

Thel/o theli/o

Back 42

Nipple

Front 43

Thorac/o

Back 43

Chest

Front 44

Trache/o

Back 44

Trachea, windpipe

Front 45

Umbilic/o

Back 45

Navel, umbilicus

Front 46

Ventr/o

Back 46

Belly sidr of the body

Front 47

Vertebr/o

Back 47

Vertebra (e)

Front 48

Viscer/o

Back 48

Internal organs

Front 49

Ana

Back 49

Up

Front 50

Cata

Back 50

Down

Front 51

Epi

Back 51

Above

Front 52

Hypo

Back 52

Below

Front 53

Inter

Back 53

Between

Front 54

Meta

Back 54

Change

Front 55

Ism

Back 55

Process, condition

Front 56

Ose

Back 56

Pertaining to, full of

Front 57

Plasm

Back 57

Formation

Front 58

Somes

Back 58

Bodies

Front 59

Type

Back 59

Picture, classification