Ch4: Medical Words - Body Structure Flashcards
1
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cyt/o
A
cell
2
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hist/o
A
tissue
3
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kary/o, nucle/o
A
nucleus
4
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anter/o
A
anterior, front
5
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caud/o
A
tail
6
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cephal/o
A
head
7
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dist/o
A
far, farthest
8
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dors/o
A
back (of body)
9
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infer/o
A
lower, below
10
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later/o
A
side, to one side
11
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medi/o
A
middle
12
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poster/o
A
back (of body), behind, posterior
13
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proxim/o
A
near, nearest
14
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ventr/o
A
belly, belly side
15
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
16
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crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
17
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gastr/o
A
stomach
18
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ili/o
A
ilium
19
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inguin/o
A
groin
20
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lumb/o
A
loins (lower back)
21
Q
pelv/i, pelv/o
A
pelvis
22
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spin/o
A
spine
23
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thorac/o
A
chest
24
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umbilic/o
A
umbilicus, navel
25
albin/o
white
26
leuk/o
white
27
chlor/o
green
28
chrom/o
color
29
cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o
yellow
30
cyan/o
blue
31
erythr/o
red
32
melan/o
black
33
poli/o
gray, gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
34
acr/o
extremity
35
eti/o
cause
36
idio/o
unknown, peculiar
37
morph/o
form, shape, structure
38
path/o
disease
39
radi/o
radiation, x-ray, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
40
somat/o
body
41
son/o
sound
42
tom/o
to cut
43
viscer/o
internal organs
44
xer/o
dry
45
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
46
-gnosis
knowing
47
-gram
record, writing
48
-graph
instrument for recording
49
-graphy
process of recording
50
-logist
specialist in the study of
51
-logy
study of
52
-meter
instrument for measuring
53
-metry
act of measuring
54
-pathy
disease
55
ab-
from, away from
56
ad-
toward
57
hetero-
different
58
homeo-
same, alike
59
infra-
below, under
60
peri-
around
61
super-
upper, above
62
trans-
across, through
63
ultra-
excess, beyond
