Ch 2 Flashcards
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Adip/o
Fat
Anter/o
Front
Bol/o
To cast ( throw )
Cervic/o
Neck (of the body or of the uterus)
Chondr/o
Cartilage (type of connective tissue)
Chrom/o
Color
Coccyg/o
Coccyx (trail bone)
Crani/o
Skull
Cyt/o
Cell
Dist/o
Far, distant
Dors/o
Back portion of the body
Hist/o
Tissue
Ili/o
Ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
Inguin/o
Groin
Kary/o
Nucleus
Later/o
Side
Lumb/o
Lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
Medi/o
Middle
Nucle/o
Nucleus
Pelv/i
Pelvis, hip region
Poster/o
Back, behind
Proxim/o
Nearest
Sacr/o
Sacrum
Sarc/o
Flesh
Spin/o
Spine, back bone
Thel/o
Nipple
Thorac/o
Chest
Trache/o
Trachea, windpipe
Umbilic/o
Navel, umbilicus
Ventr/o
Belly side of the body
Vertebr/o
Vertabra(e) Back bone(s)
Viscer/o
Internal organs
Ana-
Up
Cata-
Down
Epi-
Above
Hypo-
Below
Inter-
Between
Meta-
Change
-eal
Pertaining to
-iac
Pertaining to
-ior
Pertaining to
-ism
Process, condition
-ose
Pertaining to
-plasm
Formation
-somes
Bodies
-type
Picture, classification