Body Organization Flashcards
(72 cards)
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
anter/o
A
front
4
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
caud/o
A
tail
7
Q
cephal/o
A
head
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
crani/o
A
skull
11
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
12
Q
crur/o
A
leg
13
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
14
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
15
Q
dist/o
A
away from
16
Q
dors/o
A
back of body
17
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
18
Q
epitheli/o
A
epithelium
19
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
20
Q
glute/o
A
buttock
21
Q
gynec/o
A
woman
22
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
23
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
24
Q
immun/o
A
protection
25
infer/o
below
26
laryng/o
larynx
27
later/o
side
28
lumb/o
loin
29
lymph/o
lymph
30
medi/o
middle
31
muscul/o
muscles
32
nephr/o
kidney
33
neur/o
nerve
34
ophthalm/o
eye
35
ot/o
ear
36
pelv/o
pelvis
37
peritone/o
peritoneum
38
pleur/o
pleura
39
poster/o
back
40
proct/o
rectum and anus
41
proxim/o
near to
42
pub/o
genital region
43
pulmon/o
lung
44
rhin/o
nose
45
spin/o
spine
46
super/o
above
47
thorac/o
chest
48
ur/o
urine
49
vascul/o
blood vessel
50
ventr/o
belly
51
vertebr/o
vertebrae
52
viscer/o
internal organ
53
superior/cephalic
more toward the head, or above another structure
54
inferior/caudal
more toward the feet/tail or below another structure
55
anterior/ventral
more toward the front/belly side of the body
56
posterior/dorsal
more toward the back/spinal cord side of the body
57
medial
refers to the middle
58
lateral
refers to the side
59
proximal
near the point of attachment of the body
60
distal
further from the point of attachment to the body
61
apex
tip or summit of organ
62
base
bottom or lower part of an organ
63
superficial
toward the surface of the body
64
deep
further from the surface of the body
65
-ose
resembling
66
endo-
within
67
hypo-
under
68
retro-
behind
69
epi-
above
70
peri-
around
71
supine
the body lying horizontally and facing upward
72
prone
the body lying horizontally and facing downward
