Medical Terminology

Medical Terminology -al pertaining to ana apart -tom cutting -y process of ana/tom/y process of cutting apart; study of body parts by dissection -ology study of bio life bio/logy study of life physio nature physi/ology study of nature or natural ante in front of anter/ior in the front poster behind poster/ior in back of super above super/ior above a part infer below infer/ior below a part al pertaining to caud tail caud/al pertaining to the tail

crani skull crani/al pertaining to the skull dist distant dist/al pertaining to distal part dors back dors/al pertaining to the back later side later/al pertaining to the side medi middle medi/al pertaining to the middle proxim near the body proxim/al pertaining to nearness or close ventr belly or front side ventr/al pertaining to the belly or front side