Unit 9: Directions & Regions of the Body Flashcards
chir/o
hand
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
dextr/o
right
fus/o
melting, flowing
gastr/o
stomach
later/o
side
lumb/o
lumbar spine
pod/o, ped/i
foot
pub/o
pubis
sex/o
sexuality/gender
sinistr/o
left
son/o
sound
ven/o
vein
vers/o
turning, twisting
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
ante-
front, before
circum-
encircling, around
con-
with
contra-
against
dia-
through
dis-
to free of, separate, or undo
epi-
upon, on top of
extra-
outside of
hemi-
half
hetero-
different
homo-
same
in-
into, not
infra-
below
intra-
within
macro-
large
meta-
beyond
micro-
small
para-
abnormal, near, beyond
per-
through
peri-
around, near
retro-
behind
semi-
half
sub-
under, below
super-
above, over
supra-
above, over
trans-
across
ultra-
beyond, in excess
-graphy
process of making a picture
-ia
condition
-ia, -ar, -ic, -al, -ous, -ual
adjective endings, pertaining to and relating to
-iatric
pertaining to a specialty
-plasty
surgical repair
-stasis
controlling, stopping
-tion, -sion, -ia, -us, -ive
noun endings