chapter 2 Flashcards
combining form
abdomin/o
abdomen
combining form
adip/o
fat
combining form
anter/o
front
combining form
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
combining form
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissues)
combining form
chrom/o
color
combining form
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
combining form
crani/o
skull
combining form
cyt/o
cell
combining form
dist/o
far, distant
combining form
dors/o
back portion of the body
combining form
hist/o
tissue
combining form
ili/o
ilium (upper part of the hip bone)
combining form
inguin/o
groin
combining form
kary/o
nucle/o
nucleus
combining form
later/o
side
combining form
lumb/o
lower back
combining form
medi/o
middle
combining form
pelv/i
pelvis
combining form
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
combining form
poster/o
back, behind
combining form
proxim/o
nearest
combining form
sacr/o
sacrum
combining form
spin/o
spine, blackbone
combining form
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
combining form
thorac/o
chest
combining form
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
combining form
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
combining form
ventr/o
belly side of the body
combining form
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
combining form
viscer/o
internal organs
prefixes
ana-
up
prefixes
cata-
down
prefixes
inter-
between
prefixes
intra-
within
prefixes
meta-
change
suffixes
-ose
pertaining to, full of
suffixes
-plasm
formation
suffixes
-somes
bodies
suffixes
-type
picture, classification