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Ch 4
Human Body in Health and Disease
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
anter/o | front |
brachi/o | arm |
cardi/o | heart |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
chondr/i | gristle, cartilage |
cran/o, crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | distant |
dors/o | back |
femor/o | thigh, femur |
gastr/o | stomach |
glute/o | buttock |
hom/o, home/o | same |
ili/o | flank, hip, groin |
infer/o | below |
inguin/o | groin |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | loin, lower back |
medi/o | middle |
organ/o | tool |
pelv/o | bowl, basin |
physi/o | nature |
pleur/o | pluera, rib |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
super/o | above |
thorac/o | chest, thorax |
tom/o | to cut |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly |
anatomy | study of body structure |
physiology | study of the nature of living things |
homeostasis | process of maintaining internal stability |
atom | simplest building block of the body |