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Chapter 2 terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| brachi/o | arm |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | away from |
| dors/o | back of body |
| glute/o | buttock |
| hist/o | tissue |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oste/o | bone |
| pleu/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back |
| proxim/o | near to |
| pub/o | genital region |
| somat/o | body |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ventr/o | belly |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| anter/o | front |
| pertaining to the abdomen | abdominal |
| pertaining to the front | anterior |
| pertaining to the arm | brachial |
| pertaining to the head | cephalic |
| pertaining to the neck | cervical |
| pertaining to the skull | cranial |
| pertaining to the leg | crural |
| pertaining to the back of the body | dorsal |
| pertaining to the epithelium | epithelial |
| pertaining to the buttocks | gluteal |
| pertaining to below | inferior |
| pertaining to the side | lateral |
| pertaining to the middle | medial |
| pertaining to muscles | muscular |
| pertaining to nerves | neural |
| pertaining to organs | organic |
| pertaining to the pelvis | pelvic |
| pertaining to the genital region | pubic |
| pertaining to body | somatic |
| pertaining to the spine | spinal |
| pertaining to above | superior |
| pertaining to systems | systemic |
| pertaining to the chest | thoracic |
| pertaining to the belly side | ventral |
| pertaining to internal organs | visceral |