Chapter 2 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
anter/o
A
front
4
Q
bol/o
A
to cast (throw)
5
Q
cervic/o
A
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
6
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
7
Q
chrom/o
A
color
8
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
9
Q
crani/o
A
skull
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
11
Q
dist/o
A
far, distant
12
Q
dors/o
A
back portion of the body
13
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
14
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
15
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
16
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
17
Q
later/o
A
side
18
Q
lomb/o
A
lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis)
19
Q
medi/o
A
middle
20
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
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
sarc/o
flesh
26
spin/o
spine, backbone
27
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
28
thorac/o
chest
29
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
30
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
31
ventr/o
belly side of the body
32
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbones(s)
33
viscer/o
internal organs
