Body Organization Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
brachi/o
arm
cardi/o
heart
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
crani/o
skull
crin/o
to secrete
crur/o
leg
cyt/o
cell
dermat/o
skin
dist/o
away from
dors/o
back of body
enter/o
small intestine
epitheli/o
epithelium
gastr/o
stomach
glute/o
buttock
gynec/o
woman
hemat/o
blood
hist/o
tissue
immun/o
protection
infer/o
below
laryng/o
larynx
later/o
side
lumb/o
loin
lymph/o
lymph
medi/o
middle
muscul/o
muscles
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
ophthalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
pelv/o
pelvis
peritone/o
peritoneum
pleur/o
pleura
poster/o
back
proct/o
rectum and anus
proxim/o
near to
pub/o
genital region
pulmon/o
lung
rhin/o
nose
spin/o
spine
super/o
above
thorac/o
chest
ur/o
urine
vascul/o
blood vessel
ventr/o
belly
vertebr/o
vertebrae
viscer/o
internal organ
superior/cephalic
more toward the head, or above another structure
inferior/caudal
more toward the feet/tail or below another structure
anterior/ventral
more toward the front/belly side of the body
posterior/dorsal
more toward the back/spinal cord side of the body
medial
refers to the middle
lateral
refers to the side
proximal
near the point of attachment of the body
distal
further from the point of attachment to the body
apex
tip or summit of organ
base
bottom or lower part of an organ
superficial
toward the surface of the body
deep
further from the surface of the body
-ose
resembling
endo-
within
hypo-
under
retro-
behind
epi-
above
peri-
around
supine
the body lying horizontally and facing upward
prone
the body lying horizontally and facing downward