Ch 2 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
anter/o
A
front
4
Q
cervic/o
A
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
6
Q
chrom/o
A
color
7
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
8
Q
crani/o
A
skull
9
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
10
Q
dist/o
A
far, distant
11
Q
dors/o
A
back portion of the body
12
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
13
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (upper part of the hip bone)
14
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
15
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
16
Q
later/o
A
side
17
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
18
Q
medi/o
A
middle
19
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
20
Q
pelv/i
A
pelvis
21
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
22
Q
poster/o
A
back, behind
23
Q
proxim/o
A
nearest
24
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
ex: sacral
25
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
ex: sarcoma
26
Q
spin/o
A
spine, backbone
27
Q
thel/o
theli/o
A
nipple
ex: epithelial cell (epithelial cells were first discovered in the nipples)
28
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
29
Q
trache/o
A
trachea, windpipe
30
Q
umbilic/o
A
navel, umbilicus
31
Q
ventr/o
A
belly side of the body
32
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra(e)
33
Q
viscer/o
A
internal organs
