Directional Terms, Anatomic Planes, Regions, and Quadrants
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claudiavie on February 17, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail downward |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| inter/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| super/o | above |
| ventr/o | belly |
| caudad | toward the tail |
| cephalad | toward the head |
| lateral lat | pertaining to a side |
| medial med | pertaining to the middle |
| unilateral | pertaining to one side |
| bilateral | peratining to two sides |
| mediolateral | pertaing to the middle and to the side |
| distal | pertaining to away from the point of attachment of a body pat |
| proximal | pertaining to near to the point of attachment of a body part |
| inferior inf | pertaining to below |
| superior sup | pertaing to above |
| caudal | pertaining to the tail |
| cephalic | pertaining tothe head |
| anterior ant | pertaing to the front |
| bi | two |
| uni | one |
| ad | toward |
| ior | pertainging to |
| posterior | pertaining to the back |
| dorsal | pertaing to the back |
| ventral | pertaing to the belly |
| anteroposterior AP | pertaining to the front and to the back |
| posteroanterior PA | pertaining to the back and to the front |
| frontal or coronal | vertical field passing through the body from side to side |
| sagittal | vertical field running throuhg the body from front to back |
| midsagittal | divesd the body into right and left halves |
| transverse | horizontal field diving the body into upper and lower portions |
| umbilical region 1 | around the navel umbilicus |
| epigastric region 1 | directly above the umbilical region |
| hypogastric region 1 | directly below the umbilical region |
| hypochondriac region 2 | to the right and left of the umbilical regiion |
| iliac region 2 | to the right andleft of the hypogastric region |
| RUQ right upper quadrant | refers to the area encompassing the right lobeof theliver, the gallbladder, part of the pancreas, portionso of the small and large intestines, and the right kidney |
| left upper quadrant LUQ | refers to the area encompassing the left lobs of the liver, the stomach, the spleen, partof the pacreas, portions of the small and large intestines, and the left kidney |
| right lower quadrant RLQ | refers to the area encompassing portions of the small and largeintestines, the appendix, the right ureter, and the right ovary and uterine tube in women or the right spermatic ductin men |
| left lower quadrant LLQ | refers to the area encompassing portions of the small and large intestines, theleft ureter, and theleft ovary and uterine tube in women or theleft spermatic duct in men |
| ant | anterior |
| AP | anteroposterior |
| inf | inferior |
| lat | lateral |
| LLQ | left lower quadrant |
| LUQ | left upper quadrant |
| med | medial |
| PA | posteroanterior |
| RLQ | right lower quadrant |
| RUQ | right upper quadrant |
| sup | superior |
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