Chapter 2 Flashcards
Inguin/o
Groin
Ventr/o
Belly side of body
Poster/o
Back/behind
Viscer/o
Internal organs
Anter/o
Front
Chondr/o
Cartilage (connective tissue)
Coccyg/o
Coccyx or tailbone
Pelv/i
Pelvis
Trache/o
Trachea or windpipe
Ili/o
Ilium (upper hip bone)
Vertebr/o
Vertebrae/backbones
Spin/o
Spine/backbone
Adip/o
Fat
Sarc/o
Flesh
Umbilic/o
Umbilicus or navel
Later/o
Side
Cervic/o
Neck of uterus or body
Thel/o
Nipple
Theli/o
Nipple
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Bol/o
Cast or throw
Chrom/o
Color
Crani/o
skull
Cyt/o
Cell
Dist/o
Farthest/distant
Hist/o
Tissue
Kary/o
Nucleus
Medi/o
Middle
Nucle/o
Nucleus
Proxim/o
Nearist
Sacr/o
Sacrum
Lumb/o
Lower back
Thorac/o
Chest
-type
Picture or classifiaction
-somes
Bodies
-al
Pertaining to
-eal
Pertaining to
-ectomy
Excision or removal
-ior
Pertaining to
-ism
Process or condition
-iac
Pertaining to
-oma
Swelling mass or tumor
-tomy
Process of cutting
-ose
Pertaining to or full of
-plasm
Formation
Ana-
Up
Cata-
Down
Hypo-
Below
Hypo-
Below
Epi-
Above
Inter-
Between
Meta-
Change
Meta-
Change
Dors/o
Back portion of body