MLL Chapter 2 Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
anter/o
anterior, front
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck, cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage
crani/o
cranium (skull)
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, farthest
dors/o
back (of body)
eti/o
cause
gastr/o
stomach
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)
infer/o
lower, below
inguin/o
groin
later/o
side, to one side
lumb/o
loins (lower back)
medi-, medi/o
middle
necle/o, kary/o
nucleus
pelv/o, pelv/i
pelvis
poli/o
gray, gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)
poster/o
back (of body), behind, posterior
proxim/o
near, nearest
radi/o
radiation, radius (lower arm bone on thumb side
somat/o
body
spin/o
spine
thorac/o
chest
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
ventr/o
belly, belly side
ac, al, ar, iac, ic, ior
pertaining to
viscer/o
internal organs
ad
toward
gen, genesis
forming, producing, origin
gnosis
knowing
graphy
process of recording
logist
specialists in study of
logy
study of
lysis
separation, destruction, loosening
meter
instrument for measuring
oma
tumor
scope
instrument for examining
scopy
visual examination
toxic
poison
epi
above, on
hypo
under, below, deficient
infra
below, under
medi
middle
super
upper, above
trans
across, through
chondr/o
chondr/oma: tumor composed of cartilage
oma: tumor
cyt/o
cyt/o/meter: instrument for counting and measuring cells
meter: instrument for measuring
hist/o
hist/o/lysis: separation, destruction, or loosening of tissue
lysis: separation, destruction, loosening
nucle/o
nucle/ar: pertaining to the nucleus
ar: pertaining to
anter/o
anter/ior: pertaining to the front (of body, organ, or structure)
ior: pertaining to
caud/o
caud/ad: toward the cell
ad: toward
dist/o
dist/al: pertaining to the farthest (point of attachment)
al: pertaining to
dors/o
dors/al: pertaining to the back (of the body)
al: pertaining to
infer/o
infer/ior: pertaining to below or lower (structure or surface)
later/o
later/al: pertaining to the side
al: pertaining to
medi/o
medi/o: pertaining to the middle
poster/o
poster/ior: pertaining to the back (of the body, organ, or structure)
ior: pertaining to
proxim/o
proxim/al: pertaining to the nearest (point of attachment)
super/o
super/ior: pertaining to above or upper (part of the body, organ, or structure)
ior: pertaining to
ventr/o
ventr/al: pertaining to the belly side (front of the body)
al: pertaining to
ad
medi/ad: toward the middle or center
medi/o: middle
logist
hist/o/logist: specialists in the study of tissue
hist/o: tissue
logy
cyt/o/logy: study of cells
cyt/o: cell
lysis
cyt/o/lysis: destruction, dissolution, or separation of a cell
cyt/o: cell
abdomin/o
abdomin/al: pertaining to the abdomen
al: pertaining to
cephal/o
cephal/ad: toward the head
ad: toward
cervic/o
cervic/al: pertaining to the neck of the body or the neck of the uterus
al: pertaining to
crani/o
crani/al: pertaining to the cranium or skull
al: pertaining to
gastr/o
gastr/ic: pertaining to the stomach
ic: pertaining to
ili/o
ili/ac: pertaining to the ilium
ac: pertaining to
inguin/o
inguin/al: pertaining to the groin
al: pertaining to
lumb/o
lumb/ar: pertaining to the loin area or lower back
ar: pertaining to
pelv/i
pelv/i/meter: instrument for measuring the pelvis
meter: instrument for measuring
spin/o
spin/al: pertaining to the spine or spinal column
al: pertaining to
thorac/o
thorac/ic: pertaining to the chest
ic: pertaining to
umbilic/o
peri/umbilic/al: pertaining to the area around the umbilicus
peri: around
al: pertaining to