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Inferior is below superior is above a particular point head is most superior part of body and feet are most inferior anterior is meaning sum is closer to front of body and posterior means closer to rearmost anterior is stomach and posterior is back medial is middle lateral is further away from midli...

Inferior is below superior is above a particular point head is most superior part of body and feet are most inferior anterior is meaning sum is closer to front of body and posterior means closer to rearmost anterior is stomach and posterior is back medial is middle lateral is further away from midline like divide body in halves.proximal is word when sum is close to trunk of body distal is far away from trunk of body.said whren arms or legs ex hand is distal to shoulder superficial is near surface of body and deep is far in for surface intermediate is between to points the heart is intermediate in between lungs caudal means sum lower than other part of body or towards posterior part like tail in animals cranial means sum near head your cranium for ex is medical term for head cavity nex visceral is alternative to deep which means sum not visible from outside palmar is palm side of hand and plantar is same for foot bottom of it.dorsal is back of reference point like posterior a nerve that viewed as dorsal is towards back. Ventral is opposite of dorsal and means front of reference point ventral is interchangeable with anterior Body planes Body planes divide sections precisely, the three to remember are the sagittal plane is also called lateral plane separates body into left and right 1/2s coronal plane is aka frontal plane divides body in front and back aka dorsal and ventral parts like a crown that divides head in front or back. Transverse plane is the axial plane that divides the body in top and bottom half; it is only one of the planes horizontal and parallel to ground. Body Cavities. Your body is divided into cavities and spaces that keep organs separated they usually separate spaces w organs that do similar things not always your abdominal cavity holds your abdominal viscera. Regions of body Axial is middle of body not arms or legs divided into 4 main head neck chest and areas of trunk Appendicular is just arms and legs Abdominal quadrants Abdomen is special can be looked at in 2 ways which is just 4 quadrants this is helpful in medicine bc pain in diff spot mean diff things if abdomen includes pelvis then 9 regions there is right and left hypochondriac are uppermost lateral parts right has liver and upper kidney left is pancreas and spleen in epigastric region which is upper middle with stomach inferior vena cava duodenum part of liver pancreas and abdominal aorta. Right and left lumbar parts r middle lateral regions most of kidneys on either side and parts of colon on each side Umbilical region is near belly button most of small intestine is here.right and left inguinal or iliac regions those r lowest and most lateral of all subregions and have parts of colon on each side some of small intestine and hypograstic place has pelvic region with female ovaries and uterus here Anatomical Terms. Prefixes have meaning ex ology is study of sum here are some examples Peri is around or surrounding sum circum is circumference of length around circle. For position ec or ecto means outside of sum exo or ex means away from sum like exoskeleton endo is in within sum telo means end like telomere is dna at end of chromosome ante means b4 w time or physical pre or pro is in front of like prodrome which is b4 u get sick post means after or behind. Describing degree of sum is hyper which is very high hypo is below oligo is just a few of sum pan means all super or supra means sum above in position or in excess. Sum suffixes are algia which are pain emia is blood itis ins inflammation lysis is break down or destroy opathy is disease pnea is breathing ectomy is removing sum in surgery ostomy makes permannet hole in body space otomy is cutting sum ossi or osee describes bones atrhto is limbs and joints cerebello is cerebellum in back of brain cerebro is brain itself