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UMT: Ch 2 Word Parts
Chapter 2 The Human Body: Word Parts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ana- | up, toward, apart |
| bi- | two |
| epi- | upon, over, above, on top |
| hypo- | under, below normal |
| uni- | one |
| abdomin/o | abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| anter/o | front |
| anteri/o | front |
| brachi/o | arm |
| card/o | heart |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tale |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chondr/o | gristle, cartilage |
| chondri/o | gristle, cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| cran | skull, cranium |
| crani/o | skull, cranium |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| eti/o | cause(of disease) |
| femor/o | thigh |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | formation, cause, produce |
| glut/o | buttock |
| hom/o | sameness, unchanging |
| home/o | sameness, unchanging |
| iatri/o | to heal |
| iatr/o | to heal |
| idi/o | person, self |
| ili/o | flank, hip, groin |
| infect/o | to enter, invade |
| inferi/o | below |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/o | pelvis, washbasin |
| physi/o | nature |
| posteri/o | back |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near |
| spin/o | spine, thorn |
| superi/o | above |
| super/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| tom/o | to cut |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | front, belly |
| -ad | toward |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ion | pertaining to |
| -or | pertaining to |
| -stasis | standing still |
| -y | processof |