Body and Integumentary Flashcards
Super/ior
Pertaining to; above
Poster/ior
Pertaining to; behind
Trans/verse
Across
Dors/o
back
Dorsal cavities are brain and spinal
Ventr/o
Front, belly side
Ventral cavities are thoracic and abdominopelvic
Hypo/chondri/ac
Pertaining to; below; cartilage – right and left
Lumb/ar
Pertaining to; loins – right and left
Inguin/al and ili/ac (same place in this context)
ili/ac; pertaining to ilium not ileum – right and left
Hypo/gastr/ic
Pertaining to; below; stomach
Epi/gastr/ic
Pertaining to; above; stomach
Umbilic/al
Pertaining to; umbilicus
Inguin/al
Pertaining to; groin
Umbilic/al
Pertaining to; naval
Pelv/i; Pelv/o
Pelvis as in pelvimetry and pelvic
Spin/o
Spine as in spinal
Cervic/al
Pertaining to; neck
When used in gynecology, it means pertaining to the neck of the uterus
Thorac/ic
Pertaining to; chest
Lumb/ar
Pertaining to; loins {loins are between thorax and pelvis}
Sacr/al
Pertaining to; sacrum
Cyt/o
Cyte
Cell
Anter/o
Front