Chapter 2 - TERMS PERTAINING TO THE BODY AS A WHOLE Flashcards
(52 cards)
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
anter/o
A
front
4
Q
cervic/o
A
neck of body or uterus
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
6
Q
chrom/o
A
colour
7
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx
8
Q
crani/o
A
skull
9
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
10
Q
dist/o
A
far, distant
11
Q
dors/o
A
back portion of body
12
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
13
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
14
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
15
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
16
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx (voicebox)
17
Q
later/o
A
side
18
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
19
Q
medi/o
A
middle
20
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
21
Q
pelv/i
A
pelvis
22
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx
23
Q
poster/o
A
back, behind
24
Q
proxim/o
A
nearest
25
sacr/o
sacrum
26
sarc/o
flesh
27
spin/o
spine
28
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
29
thorac/o
chest
30
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
31
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
32
ventr/o
belly side of the body
33
vertebr/o
vertebrae, backbones
34
viscer/o
internal organs
35
ana-
up
36
cata-
down
37
epi-
above, upon
38
hypo-
below
39
inter-
between
40
meta-
change
41
-al
pertaining to
42
-eal
pertaining to
43
-ectomy
excision, removal
44
-iac
pertaining to
45
-ior
pertaining to
46
-ism
process, condition
47
-oma
tumor, mass, swelling
48
-ose
pertaining to, full of
49
-plasm
formation
50
-somes
bodies
51
-tomy
to cut, incision
52
-type
picture or classification
