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Medical Terminology
Organization of the Body
| Term | Word Part |
|---|---|
| Abdomen (belly) | Abdomin/o |
| Ankle (tarsus) | Tars/o |
| Arm | Brach/i; Brachi/o |
| Back | Poster/o |
| Bones | Oste/o |
| Breast | Mast/o; Mamm/o |
| Cheek | Bucc/o |
| Chest | Thorac/o |
| Ear | Aur/i; Ot/o |
| Elbow | Cubit/o; Olecran/o |
| Eye | Ophthalm/o; Ocul/o; Opt/o |
| Finger | Dactyl/o |
| Foot | Pod/o |
| Gums | Gingiv/o |
| Hand | Manus; Chir/o |
| Head | Cephal/o |
| Heart | Cardi/o |
| Hip or Hip Joint | Coxa |
| Leg | Crur/o |
| Liver | Hepat/o |
| Lungs | Pulm/o; Pulmon/o; Pneum/o; Pneumon/o |
| Mouth | Or/o |
| Muscles | Muscul/o; My/o |
| Navel | Umbilic/o; Omphal/o |
| Neck | Cervic/o |
| Nerves | Neur/o |
| Nose | Rhin/o; Nas/o |
| Ribs | Cost/o |
| Side | Later/o |
| Skin | Derm/a; Dermat/o; Derm/o; Cutane/o |
| Skull | Crani/o |
| Stomach | Gastr/o |
| Teeth | Dent/i |
| Temples | Tempor/o |
| Thigh Bone | Femor/o |
| Throat | Pharyng/o |
| Tongue | Lingu/o; Gloss/o |
| Wrist (Carpus) | Carp/o |
| Fat | Adip/o |
| Man | Andr/o |
| Toward the Front | Anter/o |
| Life | Bi/o |
| Tail | Caud/o |
| Cell | Cyt/o |
| Away from the point of Origin | Dist/o |
| Backward | Dors/o |
| Tissue | Hist/o |
| Water | Hydr/o |
| Below | Infer/o |
| Groin | Inguin/o |
| Cell's Nucleus | Kary/o |
| Toward the Middle | Medi/o |
| Organ | organ/o |
| Disease | Path/o |
| To Show | Phen/o |
| Nature | Physi/o |
| Behind, Toward the Back, Back | Poster/o |
| Near the point of Origin | Proxim/o |
| Body | Somat/o |
| Near or On the Belly side of the Body | Ventr/o |
| Body Organs | Viscer/o |