ch. 3 Flashcards
corpor/o
body
part/o
part of the body
cavit/o
cavity
organ/o
organ
arteri/o
artery
ven/o
vein
vas/o
vessel (carrying fluid)
oss/o
bone
muscul/o
mouse
nerv/o
nerve
capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
head
crani/o
cranium
faci/o
face, surface
ocul/o
eye
aur/o
ear
nas/o
nose
or/o
mouth
bucc/o
cheek
ment/o
chin
occipit/o
back of head
sincipit/o
front of cranium
vertic/o
crown of the cranium
front/o
forehead, front
coll/o
neck
cervic/o, -cervix
neck
trunc/o
trunk, cut off (literally a cut off part)
thorac/o
thorax (chest area)
pector/o
chest
dors/o
back
abdomin/o
abdomen
inguin/o
groin
pelv/o
pelvis
cingul/o
girdle, belt
membr/o
limb
axill/o
armpit
brachi/o
upper arm/arm like process
cubit/o
elbow
antebrachi/o
forearm
man/o
hand
carp/o
wrist
metacarp/o
group of five fingers throughout the hand (bones/muscle)
palm/o
palm of the hand
vol/o
palm of the hand
digit/o
finger/toe
nat/o
buttocks
clun/o
buttocks
cox/o
hip
femor/o
thigh, femur
gen/o
knee
poplit/o
back of knee
crur/o
leg, thigh
sur/o
calf
ped/o
foot
tars/o
ankle
calc/o
heel
metatars/o
group of bones in the middle of a foot
plant/o
sole of the foot
som/o, somat/o
body
mer/o, -mer
part, partial
coel/o, -cel
cavity
my/o, mys/o
muscle
oste/o
bone
neur/o
nerve
phleb/o
vein
angi/o
vessel
cephal/o
head
metop/o
forehead
prosop/o
face
rhin/o
nose
ophtalm/o
eye
ot/o
ear
stomat/o
mouth/outlet/opening
mel/o
cheek
geni/o
chin
trachel/o
neck
mel/o
limb
maschal/o
armpit
olecran/o
elbow
ancon/o
elbow
cheir/o, chir/o
hand
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
lapar/o
abdomen
pyg/o
buttocks
glut/o
buttocks
ischi/o
hip
mer/o
thigh
gony/o, gonat/o
knee
cnem/o, knem/o
lower knee
ptern/o
heel
pod/o, -pus
foot
sinistr/o
left side
dextr/o
right side
later/o
side, to one side
lev/o
left
medi/o
middle
exter/o, external/o, extrem/o
outside, outermost
intern/o
within, inside
ventr/o
belly, abdomen, side
rostr/o
snout, beak
caud/o
tail (downward)
proxim/o
nearest to a given part or center of the body
dist/o
farthest from a given part or center of the body
coron/o
on the crown of the head, circular
sagitt/o
arrow, separating the sides
anter/o
front, anterior
poster/o
behind, toward the back
super/o
above, superior
infer/o
below, inferior