Chapter 2 Prefix and Suffixes Flashcards
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
adip/o
fat
Cervic/o
neck
Anter/o
Front
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Chrom/o
Color
Coccyg/o
Coccyx (tailbone)
Crani/o
Skull
Cyt/o
Cell
Dist/o
Distance, far
Dors/o
Back portion of the body
Hist/o
Tissue
ili/o
ilium
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
ana-
up
cata-
down
epi-
above
hypo-
below
inter-
between
intra-
within
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