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Med Term Ch2
Chapter 2 - body structure and directional terminology
Question | Answer |
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cyt/o | cell |
hist/o | tissue |
ana- | up, apart, away |
physi/o | growth |
path/o | disease |
bi/o | life |
necr/o | death, dead |
auto- | self |
bucc/o | cheek |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
crani/o | skull |
faci/o | face |
front/o | front |
ment/o | chin |
nas/o | nose |
ocul/o | eye |
or/o | mouth |
ot/o | ear |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
cox/o | hip |
delt/o | triangular, deltoid muscle |
inguin/o | groin |
mamm/o | breast |
pelv/o, pelv/i | pelvis |
pub/o | pubis |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel) |
cubit/o | elbow |
brachi/o | arm |
carp/o | wrist |
crur/o | leg |
digit/o | finger/toe |
femor/o | thigh |
man/u | hand |
palm/o | palm |
patell/o, patell/a | kneecap |
ped/o | foot |
plant/o | sole |
tars/o | ankle |
lumb/o | lower back, loin |
nuch/o | neck |
acromi/o | acromion (highest point of shoulder) |
dors/o | back |
glute/o | buttocks |
olecran/o | elbow |
perine/o | perineum (space between genitals and anus) |
poplit/o | back of knee |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapul/o | scapula, shoulderblade |
sur/o | calf |
vertebr/o | vertebra, spine |
anter/o | front |
ventr/o | belly |
poster/o | back |
dors/o | back |
super/o | upward |
cephal/o | head |
infer/o | downward |
caud/o | tail |
medi/o | middle |
later/o | side |
ipsi- | same |
later/o | side |
contra- | opposite |
uni- | one |
bi- | two |
superficial | on the surface of the body |
dep | away from the surface of the body |
proxim/o | near |
dist/o | far |
dextr/o | right |
sinistr/o | left |
af- | toward |
fer/o | to carry |
ef- | away from |
supine | lying on one's back |
prone | lying on one's belly |