Ch. 2 - Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o
A
fat
2
Q
anter/o
A
front
3
Q
bol/o
A
to cast (throw)
4
Q
cervic/o
A
neck (of the body or the uterus)
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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 (part of the pelvic 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
poster/o
A
back, behind
22
Q
proxim/o
A
nearest
23
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
24
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
25
spin/o
spine
26
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
27
thorac/o
chest
28
trache/o
trachea,windpipe
29
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
30
ventr/o
belly side of the body
31
vertebr/o
vertebrae
32
viscer/o
internal organs
33
ana-
up
34
cata-
down
35
epi-
above
36
hypo-
below
37
inter-
between
38
meta-
change
39
-eal
pertaining to
40
-iac
pertaining to
41
-ior
pertaining to
42
-ism
process, condition
43
-ose
pertaining to, full of
44
-plasm
formation
45
-somes
bodies
46
-type
picture, classification
47
abdomin/o
abdomen
