Ch 3 & 4, integument and directional terms Flashcards
anter/o
front
caud/o
tail (downward)
cephal/o
head (upward)
dist/o
away
dors/o
back
infer/o
below
later/o
side
medi/o
middle
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
near,
super/o
above
ventr/o
belly (front)
bi-
two
uni-
one
-ad
toward
-ior
pertaining to
cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
skin
hidr/o
sweat
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard (also cornea of eye)
onych/o, ungu/o
nail
seb/o
oil
trich/o
hair
aut/o
self
bi/o
life
coni/o
dust
crypt/o
hidden
hetr/o
other
myc/o
fungus
necr/o
death
pachy/o
thich
rhytid/o
wrinkles
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
strept/o
twisted chain
xer/o
dry
epi-
up, upon, over
intra-
within
para-
beside, beyond, around
per-through
sub-under, below
-a
noun (no other meaning)
coccus or cocci
berry-shaped
-ectomy
excision or surgical removal
-ia
diseased or abnormal state, condition of
-itis
inflamation
-malacia
softening
-opsy
view of, viewing
-phagia
eating or swallowing
-plasty
surgial repair
-rrhea
flow, excessive discharge
-tome
instrument used to cut