Body as whole

Question 1

adip/o

Answer 1

fat

ex. adipose

Question 2

anter/o

Answer 2

front

ex. anterior

Question 3

bol/o

Answer 3

to cast (throw)
ex. anabolism (ana = up, upward)

Question 4

cervic/o

Answer 4

neck (of the body or of the uterus)

ex. cervical

Question 5

chondr/o

Answer 5

cartilage (type of connective tissue)
ex. chondroma (this is a benign tumor)
chondrosarcoma (this is a malignant tumor)

Question 6

chrom/o

Answer 6

color

ex. chromosomes (“bodies of color”: these nuclear structures absorb the color of dyes used to stain the cell)

Question 7

coccyg/o

Answer 7

coccyx (tailbone)

ex. coccygeal

Question 8

crani/o

Answer 8

skull

ex. craniotomy

Question 9

cyt/o

Answer 9

cell

ex. cytoplasm (-plasm = formation)

Question 10

-plasm

Answer 10

formation

ex. cytoplasm (cyt/o = cell)

Question 11

dist/o

Answer 11

far, distant

ex. distal

Question 12

dors/o

Answer 12

back portion of the body

ex. dorsal (dorsal fin of a fish is on its back side)

Question 13

hist/o

Answer 13

tissue

ex. histology

Question 14

ili/o

Answer 14

ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

ex. iliac

Question 15

inguin/o

Answer 15

groin (la ingle)

ex. inguinal

Question 16

kary/o

Answer 16

nucleus

ex. karyotype

Question 17

-type

Answer 17

picture, classification

ex. karyotype

Question 18

meta-

Answer 18

change

ex. metabolism

Question 19

inter-

Answer 19

between

ex. intervertebral ( as disk is an intervertebral structure)

Question 20

ana-

Answer 20

up

ex. anabolic (bol/o = to cast, throw)

Question 21

cata-

Answer 21

down

ex. catabolism (bol/o = to cast, throw)

Question 22

epi-

Answer 22

above

ex. epigastric

Question 23

lumb/o

Answer 23

lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
ex. lumbosacral

Question 24

pelv/o

Answer 24

hip, pelvic cavity

ex. pelvic

Question 25

poster/o

Answer 25

back, behind | posterior

Question 26

proxim/o

Answer 26

nearest | ex. proximal

Question 27

sacr/o

Answer 27

sacrum (A triangular bone in the lower back situated between the two hipbones of the pelvis.) ex. sacral

Question 28

sarc/o

Answer 28

flesh | ex. sarcoma

Question 29

spin/o

Answer 29

spine, backbone | ex. spinal

Question 30

thel/o

Answer 30

nipple ex. epithelial cell (this cell, originally identified as covering nipples, lies upon body surfaces externally and internally)

Question 31

thorac/o

Answer 31

chest | ex. thoracic, thoracotomy (Surgical incision into the chest wall)

Question 32

umbilic/o

Answer 32

navel, umbilicus | ex. umbilical

Question 33

ventr/o

Answer 33

belly side of the body | ex. ventral (the ventral fin of a fish is on its belly side)

Question 34

vertebr/o

Answer 34

vertebra, backbones | ex. vertebral

Question 35

viscer/o

Answer 35

internal organs | ex. visceral