prefixes Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
lip/o
fat
anter/o
front (anterior)
cervic/o
neck of the uterus (cervical)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue) ie: chondroma - benign tumor; chondrosarcoma - malignant tumor arising from a type of flesh or connective tissue
chrom/o
color (chromosomes - nuclear structures absorb the COLOR of dyes used to stain the cell)
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull (craniotomy)
cyt/o
cell/cytoplasm
dist/o
far, distant, distal
dors/o
back portion of the body; dorsal
hist/o
tissue/histology
ili/o
ilium (upper part of the hip bone); iliac
inguin/o
groin/inguinal
kary/o
nucleus; karyotype
later/o
side/lateral
lumb/o
lower back; ie: lumbosacral
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest; proximal
sacr/o
sacrum/sacral
sarc/o
flesh; sarcoma
spin/o
spine, backbone; spinal
thel/o, theli/o
nipple; epithelial cell
thorac/o
chest; thoracic
trache/o
trachea, windpipe; tracheal
umbilic/o
umbilicus; umbilical
ventr/o
belly side of the body; ventral