MEDGLO TERMS AND STRUCTURES

• Blast


  Germ/ immature
• Suffixes


  • aemia
  • ectomy
  • itis
  • logy
  • oma
  • pathy
  • osis
• aemia


  Condition of blood
• ectomy


  Excision or removal
• osis


  Disease condition
• Prefixes


  • An/A
  • AB
  • AD
  • Bi
  • Dys
  • Ecto
  • Endo
  • Epi
  • Hyper
  • Hypo
  • Inter
  • Intra
  • Para
  • Peri
  • Pre
  • Post
  • Sub
  • Syn
• AB


  Away from
• Bi


  Two or both
• Hyper


  Excessive or above
• Hypo


  Beneath or below
• Intra


  Within/ inside
• Planes of the body

  • Frontal or coronal
  • Horizontal
  • Longitudinal
  • Median
  • Sagittal
• Frontal or coronal


  Vertical plane parallel to coronal suture of the skull; divides body or structure into anterior and posterior portions
• Horizontal


  Plane parallel to the horizon
• Longitudinal


  Plane parallel to the long axis of the structure
• Median


  Lengthwise plane that divides the body or structure into right and left halves
• Sagittal


  Any vertical plane parallel to the sagittal suture of the skull and the median plane
• Positions and direction terms

  • Afferent
  • Efferent
  • Anterior or ventral
  • Posterior or dorsal
  • Caudal
  • Lateral
  • Intermediate
  • Medial
  • Superficial
  • Deep
  • Distal or peripheral
  • Proximal
  • Inferior or caudal
  • Superior or cephalic
  • Median
  • Central
  • Supine
  • Prone
  • Bilateral
  • Unilateral
  • Ipsilateral
  • Contralateral
  • Parietal
  • Visceral
• Afferent


  Conducting toward a structure
• Efferent


  Conducting away from a structure
• Anterior or ventral


  Toward the belly
• Posterior or dorsal


  Toward the back
• Caudal


  Toward the back, toward the tail
• Lateral


  Toward the side
• Intermediate

  Between medial and lateral
• Medial


  Toward the median plane/ middle/midline
• Superficial

  Near the surface
• Deep


  Away from the surface
• Distal or peripheral


  Away from the beginning of a structure; away from the center
• Proximal


  Toward the beginning of a structure
• Inferior or caudal


  Away from the head; situated below another structure
• Superior or cephalic


  Toward the head; situated above the another structure
• Median


  In the middle of the structure
• Central


  Toward the center
• Supine


  When lying face downward
• Prone


  When lying face downward
• Bilateral

  Involving both sides of the body
• Unilateral


  Involving one side of the body
• Ipsilateral


  On the same side of the body
• Contralateral


  On opposite sides of the body