click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 2
terminology words
Question | Answer |
---|---|
hypo- | deficient, below, under, less than normal |
meta- | beyond, change |
inter- | between |
ana- | up, apart |
cata- | down |
epi- | above, upon |
-plasm | structure or formation |
-iac | pertaining to |
-eal | pertaining to |
-ism | process, condition |
-ose | pertaining to, full of |
-ior | pertaining to |
sacr/o | sacrum |
proxim/o | nearest |
poster/o | back behind |
lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
later/o | side |
kary/o | nucleus |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
hist/o | tissue |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
crin/o | skull |
anter/o | front |
-somes | bodies |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
pelv/i | pelvis |
medi/o | middle |
dist/o | far, distant |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
cervic/o | neck (of the body or the uterus) |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
-type | picture,classification |
viscer/o | internal organs |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
thel/o | nipple |
chrom/o | color |
adip/o | fat |
chondr/o | cartilage |
inguin/o | groin |
cyt/o | cell |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
nucle/o | nucleus |
thorac/o | chest |
sarc/o | flesh |
trache/o | thrachea (windpipe) |