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Q2 terms
Body structure for Intro to Human Disease
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cevic/o | neck, neck of uterus |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far |
| dors/o | back (of the body) |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| radi/o | radiation, x-rays |
| spin/o | spine |
| super/o | above, upper |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ous, -iac, -ic, -ior | pertaining to |
| -ad | towards |
| -ologist | specialist in the study of |
| -ology | study of |
| -lysis | seperation |
| -toxic | poison |
| -verse | turning |
| endo- | in, within |
| medi- | middle |