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Ch 1 basics and body
combining form (root words)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anter/o | Front |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Bi/o | Life |
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Caud/o | Tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus |
| col/o, colon/o | large intestine; colon |
| cost/o | rib |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from the point of origin; far; distant |
| dors/o | Back of the body |
| enter/o | Intestine (usually the small instestine) |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| glyc/o | Sugar; glucose |
| hepat/o | Liver |
| hist/o | Tissue |
| infer/o | Below |
| later/o | Side |
| lip/o | Fat |
| log/o | study |
| medi/o | middle |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| path/o | disease |
| poster/o | back (of body) |
| proxim/o | near the point of origin; near; close |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tisse |
| super/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body; ventral aspect |
| viscer/o | internal organs |