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Ch 4
Human Body in Health and Disease
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cardi/o | heart |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/i | gristle, cartilage |
| cran/o, crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | distant |
| dors/o | back |
| femor/o | thigh, femur |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glute/o | buttock |
| hom/o, home/o | same |
| ili/o | flank, hip, groin |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin, lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| organ/o | tool |
| pelv/o | bowl, basin |
| physi/o | nature |
| pleur/o | pluera, rib |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near |
| super/o | above |
| thorac/o | chest, thorax |
| tom/o | to cut |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly |
| anatomy | study of body structure |
| physiology | study of the nature of living things |
| homeostasis | process of maintaining internal stability |
| atom | simplest building block of the body |