Chapter 2. Body as a Whole - Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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2
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adip/o

A

fat

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3
Q

anter/o

A

front

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4
Q

bol/o

A

to cast (throw)

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5
Q

cervic/o

A

neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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6
Q

chrondr/o

A

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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7
Q

chrom/o

A

color

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8
Q

coccyg/o

A

coccyx (tailbone)

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9
Q

craini/o

A

skull

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10
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

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11
Q

dist/o

A

far, distant

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12
Q

dors/o

A

back portion of the body

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13
Q

hist/o

A

tissue

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14
Q

ili/o

A

ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

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15
Q

inguin/o

A

groin

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16
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus

17
Q

later/o

A

side

18
Q

lumb/o

A

lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)

19
Q

medi/o

A

middle

20
Q

nucle/o

A

mucleus

21
Q

pelv/i

A

pelvis, hip region

22
Q

poster/o

A

back, behind

23
Q

proxim/o

A

nearest

24
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

25
Q

sarc/o

A

flesh

26
Q

spin/o

A

spine, backbone

27
Q

thel/o

A

nipple

28
Q

thorac/o

A

chest

29
Q

trache/o

A

trachea, windpipe

30
Q

umbilic/o

A

navel, umbilicus

31
Q

ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

32
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra(e), backbone(s)

33
Q

viscer/o

A

internal organs