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Chabner Chpt 2
Combining Forms and Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast, throw |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt | 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 |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| 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 |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |