Chapter 2 The Human Body in Health and Disease Flashcards
ana-
Prefix meaning up, toward, apart
bi-
Prefix meaning two
epi-
Prefix meaning upon, over, above, on top
hypo-
Prefix meaning below normal, under
uni-
Prefix meaning one
abdomin/o
Abdomen,abdominal cavity
anter/o ,anteri/o
Front
brachi/o
Arm
card/o, cardi/o
Heart
cephal/o
Head
caud/o
Tail
cervic/o
Cervix,neck
chondr/o, chondri/o
cartilage
chron/o
Time
cran/o, crani/o
Skull
dist/o
Away
dors/o
Back
eti/o
Cause(of disease)
femor/o
Thigh
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o
formation,produce,cause
glut/o
buttock
hom/o, home/o
sameness
iatr/o, iatri/o
to heal
idi/o
self, person
ili/o
hip,groin
infect/o
to enter, invade
infer/o, inferi/o
below
inguin/o
groin
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
path/o
disease
pelv/o
pelvis
physi/o
nature
poster/o, posteri/o
back
proxim/o
near
spin/o
spine
super/o, superi/o
above
thorac/o
thorax,chest
tom/o
to cut
umbilic/o
navel
ventr/o
front,belly
-ad
Suffix meaning toward
-al
Suffix meaning pertaining to
-ar
Suffix meaning pertaining to
-graphy
suffix meaning process of recording
-ic
Suffix meaning pertaining to
-ion
Suffix meaning act or process
-ior
Suffix meaning pertaining to
-logist
Suffix meaning one who studies
-stasis
Suffix meaning standing still
-y
Suffix meaning process of