Chapter 2 Flashcards
Adip/o
Fat
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Anter/o
Front
Bol/o
To cast (throw)
Cervic/o
Neck (of the body or of the uterus)
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Chrom/o
Color
Coccyg/o
Coccyx (tailbone)
Crani/o
Skull
Cyt/o
Cell
Dist/o
Far, distant
Dors/o
Back portion of the body
Hist/o
Tissue
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o
Groin
Kary/o
Nucleus
Later/o
Side
lumb/o
Lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
medi/o
Middle
nucle/o
Nucleus
pelv/i
Pelvis, hip region
Poster/o
Back, behind
proxim/o
Nearest
sacr/o
Sacrum
sarc/o
Flesh
Spin/o
Spine, backbone
thel/o
Nipple
thorac/o
Chest
trache/o
Trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
Navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
Belly side of the body
vertebr/o
Vertebra(e) , backbone(s)
viscer/o
Internal organs
ana-
Up
cata-
Down
epi-
Above
hypo-
Below
inter-
Between
meta-
Change
-eal
Pertaining to
-iac
Pertaining to
-ior
Pertaining to
-ism
Process, condition
-ose
Pertaining to, full of
-plasm
Formation
-somes
Bodies
-type
Picture, classification