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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| trans- | Across |
| -praxia -esis | Action |
| -tropin | Act on |
| post- | After |
| ana- re- | Again |
| anti- contra- | Against |
| aer/o pneum/o pneumon/o | Air |
| alveol/o | Air sac |
| pan- | All |
| para- | Along side of Apart from |
| Ana- | Anew Apart |
| goni/o | Angle |
| tars/o | Ankle |
| an/o | Anus |
| proct/o | Anus and rectum |
| anxi/o | Anxiety |
| aort/o | Aorta |
| ana- | Apart |
| Appetite | |
| brachi/o | Arm |
| radi/o | Arm bone, lower lateral |
| uln/o | Arm bone, lower, medial |
| bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Arm bone, upper | |
| axill/o | Armpit |
| arteriol/o | Arteriole |
| arter/o arteri/o | Artery |
| atri/o | Atrium |
| ab- apo- ex- exo- | Away from |
| bacill/o | bacilli ( rod shaped bacteria) |
| re- retro- | Back |
| lumb/o | Back, lower |
| dorsi- dors/o. poster/o | Back portion of body |
| spin/o (use with -al) spondyl/o (use with -itis, -lithesis, -osis, -pathy) vertebr/o (use with -al) | Backbone |
| -coccus (-cocci, plural) | Bacterium (berry-shaped) |
| cac/o dys- mal- | Bad |
| claustr/o | Barrier |
| ante- pre- pro- pros- | Before |
| -arche | Beginning |
| post- poster/o retro- | Behind |
| celi/o | Belly |
| ventr/o | Belly side of body |
| hypo- infra- sub- | Below, beneath |
| Flex/o | Bend, to |
| scoli/o | Bent |
| inter- | Between |
| hyper- meta- ultra- | Beyond |
| bil/i chol/e | Bile |
| bilirubin/o | Bilirubin |
| -desis nect/o | Bind |
| nat/o -partum toc/o -tocia | Birth |
| -para | Births, live |
| cyst/o vesic/o | Bladder (urinary) |
| hem/o hemat/o | Blood |
| -emia -emic | Blood condition |
| humer/o | |
| angi/o vas/o vascul/o | Blood vessel |
| cyan/o | Blue |
| Corpor/o somat/o -some | Body |
| oste/o | Bone |
| -ostosis | Bone condition |
| myel/o | Bone marrow |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| -clasis -clast | Break |
| -lysis | Breakdown |
| mamm/o mast/o | Breast |
| Stern/o | Breastbone |
| spir/o | Breathe |
| -pnea | Breathing |
| Bronch/o | Bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | Cancerous |
| capillar/o | Capillary |
| duct/o -phoresis -phoria | Carry |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| eti/o | Cause |
| Cec/o | Cecum |
| cyt/o | Cell |
| -cyctosis | cells, condition of |
| meta- | Change |
| pector/o steth/o thorac/o | Chest |
| obstetr/o | Childbirth |
| thromb/o | Clot |
| Staphyl/o | Clusters |
| coccyg/o | Coccyx |
| cry/o | Cold |
| clavicul/o | Collar bone |
| -fusion | Come together |
| choledoch/o | Common bile duct |
| dia- tel/o | Complete |
| Anterior | Situated in front, or in the forward part |
| Distal | Remote, farther from the point of orgin |
| Proximal | Nearest, closer to the point of orgin |
| Peripheral | Situated toward the outer part |
| Inferior | Situated below, or directed downward |
| Extension | Straightening motion that increases the angle between the adjoining bones |
| Adduction | Movement toward the midline |
| Superficial | Situated near the surface |
| Ventral | Pertaining to the belly |
| Lateral | Away from the midline, pertaining to the side |
| Dorsal | Pertaining to the back |
| Medial | Pertaining to the middle |
| Superior | Situated above, or directed upward |
| Plantar | Referring to the foot |
| Flexion | Bending motion that decreases the angle between adjoining bones |
| Prone | Lying face down and flat |
| Supine | Lying flat on the back |
| Caudal | Toward the tail |