In this week,  we are going to summarize all possible ways of expressing position in medical terminology, esp. anatomical nomenclature, i.e.:

a) prepositions: you should be familiar with all prepositions used in medical terminology and what case they require (Accusative/Ablative)

b) comparative and superlative forms: you should know how to form these from the basic adjective and use these in a sentence, incl. the irregular forms

c) adjectives referring to body directions and planes: all these adjectives have two gender forms (-is for M/F and -e for N) and fall under the 3rd declension

d) combined terms with word stems and connecting vowel -o-, such as postero-, latero-, fronto- etc.

e) Latin and Greek prefixes: you should become familiar with these and be aware of the Latin and Greek prefixes with equivalent meaning, e.g. circum- = peri-, intra- = endo- etc.

See the section 3.1 of BMT II_handouts and make sure you understand all anatomical terms given in the example part of the prefix table.