Chapter 2: Flashcards
Alphabetical Order (CF's, Prefixes, and Suffixes)
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
cervic/o
neck (of the body or 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, histi/o
tissue
illi/o
illium (of the hip bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o, theli/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
(Prefixes) ana-
up
(Prefixes) cata-
down
(Prefixes) epi-
above
(Prefixes) hypo-
below
(Prefixes) inter-
between
(Prefixes) intra-
within
(Prefixes) meta-
change
(Suffixes) -eal
pertaining to
(Suffixes) -iac
pertaining to
(Suffixes) -ior
pertaining to
(Suffixes) -ism
process, condition
(Suffixes) -ose
pertaining to, full of
(Suffixes) -plasm
formation
(Suffixes) -somes
bodies
(Suffixes) -type
picture, classification