Chapter 3 - The Human Body Flashcards
Aden/o
Gland
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Adip/o
Fat
Aeti/o
Cause
Anter/o
Front
Bi/o
Life
Blast/o
Embryonic, developing cell
Caud/o
Tail, downward
Cephal/o
Head
Cervic/o
Neck, cervix uteri
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Coccyg/o
Coccyx
Crani/o
Cranium, skull
Dist/o
Away, far, distant
Dors/o
Back
Fibr/o
Fibre
Granul/o
Granules
Hist/o
Histi/o
Tissue
Iatr/o
Physician, medicine, treatment
Ili/o
Ilium, hip
Infer/o
Below
Inguin/o
Groin
Kary/o
Nucleus
Later/o
Nucleus
Later/o
Side
Leuc/o
Leuk/o
White
Lip/o
Fat
Lumb/o
Lower back
Lymph/o
Lymphoid Tissue
Medi/o
Middle
Melan/o
Black
My/o
Muscle
Necr/o
Death, dead
Neur/o
Nerve
O/o
Ov/i
Ov/o
Egg, ovum
Oste/o
Bone
Path/o
Disease
Pelv/i
Pelvis
Poster/o
Behind, back
Proxim/o
Near
Sacr/o
Sacrum
Somat/o
Body
Sperm/o
Spermat/o
Spermatozoa, sperm
Spin/o
Spine
Super/o
Above
Thorac/o
Chest
Tox/o
Toxic/o
Poison, toxin
Troph/o
Nourishment, development
Umbilic/o
Umbilicus, navel
Ventr/o
Front, belly side
Vertebr/o
Vertebra, spinal column
Viscer/o
Internal organs
Ab-
Away from
Ad-
Toward
Anti-
Against
Bi-
Two, twice, double
Infra-
Inferior to, below
Macro-
Large
Meta-
After, beyond, change
Micro-
Small
Neo-
New
Poly-
Many, much
Uni-
One
-blast
Embryonic or developing cell
-cyte
Cell
-gen
Producing, originating, causing
-genesis
Pertaining to formation, producing
-iasis
Condition or state
-ior
Pertaining to
-lysis
Separation, destruction, breakdown, dissolution
-oma
Tumour
-ose
Pertaining to, full of, sugar
-osis
Abnormal condition
-pathy
Disease
-plasia
Formation, development, growth
-plasm
Growth, formation, substance
-trophy
Nourishment, development