Terms

• A-


  Not, Without
• Para-


  Beside
• Amnio- 


  Membranous fetal sac
• ante- 


  before
• cyes


  pregnancy
• alb


  white
• peri


  around
• nulli


  none
• alve


  cavity
• Superior


  towards the skull
• inferior


  towards the feet
• posterior


  back
• anterior


  front
• Visual imaging


  visualizations without surgery
• Proximal


  toward or near the trunk/origin
• distal


  away or farthest from the trunk/origin
• Ipsilateral


  same side of the body
• Contralateral


  opposite side of the body
• superficial


  towards the surface of the body
• deep 


  away from the surface of the body