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Understanding Words
Chapter 1 & 5 : Anatomy and Physiology prefixes/affixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| append | to hang something |
| cardi | heart |
| cerebr | brain |
| cran | helmet |
| dors | back |
| homeo | same |
| logy | the study of |
| meta | change |
| nas | nose |
| orb | circle |
| pariet | wall |
| pelv | basin |
| peri | around |
| pleur | rib |
| stasis | standing still |
| super | above |
| tomy | cutting |
| adip | fat |
| chondr | cartilage |
| cyte | cell |
| epi | upon, after, in addition |
| glia | glue |
| hist | web, tissue |
| hyal | resemblance of glass |
| inter | among, between |
| macr | large |
| neur | nerve |
| os | bone |
| phag | to eat |
| pseud | false |
| squam | scale |
| strat | layer |
| stria | groove |