Combining forms pertaining to the whole body (u2) Flashcards
Terms pertaining to the body as a whole
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
anter/o
A
front
4
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
6
Q
chrom/o
A
color
7
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
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 the body
12
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
13
Q
ili/o
A
ilium (upper part of the hip bone)
14
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
15
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
16
Q
later/o
A
side
17
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
18
Q
medi/o
A
middle
19
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
20
Q
pelv/i
A
pelvis
21
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx (throat)
22
Q
poster/o
A
back, behind
23
Q
proxim/o
A
nearest
24
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
25
sarc/o
flesh
26
spin/o
spine, backbone
27
thel/o
nipple
28
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
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
34
viscer/o
internal organs
35
pneum/o
lung
