Medical Terms

_________ comes after the root word

Compound words

• come before the root word

• come after the root word

• contain two or more roots

_______ _________ foundation of a medical term, usually indicating the body part involved: give meaning to a word.

____ used to describe the human body and related components, conditions,

• prefixes

• anatomical terms

• anatomical planes

• medical terms and terminology

Combining Forms

• incomplete words containing a rood word, prefix or suffix with a combining vowel

• come before the root word

• relates to the section of body structures

• divides the body into equal right and left halves

_________ come before the root word

Anatomical Terms-

• relates to the section of the body structures

• describe the location or structures in relation to other structures or locations in the body

• when the join angle increases

Anatomical planes

• is a plane you fly

• relates to the section of body structures

• when the patient is lying face down

Sagittal or Medial Plane

• divides the body in upper and lower

• divides the body into equal right and left halves

• divides the body into dorsal and ventral

Transverse plane

• divides the body into superior and inferior

• divides the body into dorsal and ventral

• relates to the section of body structures