Term2 Flashcards
Bone
oste/o
Cell
cyt/o
nerve
neur/o
tissue
hist/o
endo
within
epi
above,upon
meta
beyond,change
al, ous
pertaining to
plasm
formation
stasis
controlling, stopping
anterior
pertaining to the front
ventral
pertaining to the belly side
ventr/o
belly
poster/o
back
dorsal
dors/o
superior
super/o
super/o
upward
cephalad
cephal/o- head
inferior
infer/o- downward
caudad
caud/o- tail
medial
medi/o middle
lateral
later/o side
ipsilateral
ipsi- same
contralateral
contra- opposite
unilateral
uni- one
bilateral
bi-two
superficial (external)
on the surface of the body
deep (Internal)
Away from the surface of the body
proximal
proxim/o- near
distal
dist/o- far pertaining to far from the origin
dextrad
dextr/o- right- towards the right
sinistrad
sinistr/o- left- towards the left
afferent
af- toward- fer/o- to carry, pertaining to carrying toward a structure
back
dors/o
cartilage
chondr/o
cranium (skull)
crani/o
lower back (loin)
lumb/o
sternum
stern/o
stomach
gastr/o
umbilicus (navel)
umbilic/o- omphal/o
hyper
excessive- above
hypo
deficient- below- under