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Chapter 2
Ch 2-Terms Pertaining to the Body-Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes, Terms
Terms | definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
chondr/o | cartiladge (type of connective tissue) |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back (side & back between the ribs & the pelvis) |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | bellyside of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ana- | up, apart |
cata- | down |
epi- | above |
hypo- | below |
inter- | between |
meta- | change |
-eal | pertaining to |
-iac | pertaining to |
-ior | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-plasm | formation |
-somes | bodies |
-type | picture, classification |
abdomial | pertaininf to the abdomen, stomach |
anatomy | study of the human body, structures |
anterior | towards the front, before, ventral |
caudal | below, tail bone |
cephalic | above |
cranial | pertaining to the skull, brain |
distal | far from, distant |
dorsal | towards the back |
epigastric | above the stomach |
histology | the study of tissue |
homeostasis | in good health, staying the same |
hypochondriac | below stomach |
iliac | inguinal, right & left lower regions |
inferior | below |
inguinal | pertaining to the groin, pelvic region |
lateral | to the side |
lumbar | lower back |
medial | toward the middle, close to |
metabolism | chemical process that occurs in cells |
nucleus | central, controlling structure in a cell |
pelvic | bones of the hip region |
posterior | after, dorsal |
proximal | near trunk of body, close |
spinal | pertaining to the spine |
superficial | on the surface |
superior | top, above |
thoracic | pertaining to the chest |
umbilical | area of the navel |
ventral | belly side, pertaining to the front |