Chapter 2 Flashcards
Chondr/o
Cartilage
-oma
Tumor
Cyt/o
Cell
Hist/o
Tissue
-lysis
Separation
-ar, -al, -ior, -ary, -eso, -ous, -tic, -ac, -iac, -ic, and -ior
Pertaining to
Anter/o
anterior, front
Caud/o
Tail
Dist/o
far, farthest
Dors/o
Back (of body)
Infer/o
Lower, below
Later/o
Side, to one side
Medi/o
Middle
Poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
Proxim/o
Near, nearest
Super/o
Upper, above
Ventr/o
belly
-ad
Toward
-logist
specialist in the study of
-logy
Study of
-lysis
-ad
Toward
abdomin/o
abdomen
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
crani/o
cranium (skull)
gastr/o
stomach
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
inguin/o
groin
lumb/o
loins (lower back)
pelv/i
pelvis
spin/o
spine
thorac/o
chest
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
peri
around
midsagittal plane
median, separates left and right
coronal (frontal) plane
separates front and back
transverse (horizontal) plane
separates top and bottom (also called cross-sectional)