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Terminology
Body Structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomen | abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o |
| anterior | anter/o, front/o |
| antrum | antr/o |
| apex | apic/o |
| arrow | sagitt/o |
| bladder | cyst/o, vesic/o |
| blood | hem/o, hemat/o |
| blood (clotting) | thrombocyt/o |
| red blood cells | erythrocyt/o |
| white blood cells | leukocyt/o |
| body | som/o, somat/o |
| bone | osse/o, oste/o |
| bone marrow | myel/o |
| brain | encephal/o, cerebr/o |
| bronchi | bronch/o |
| cartilage | chondr/o |
| cell | cyt/o |
| cranium, skull | crani/o |
| diaphragm | diaphragm/o, diaphragmat/o, phren/o |
| dissolve | lys/o |
| dorsal | dors/o |
| ear | ot/o, aur/o |
| epithelium | epitheli/o |
| eye | ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o |
| far | dist/o |
| fat | adip/o |
| fornix | fornic/o |
| front | front/o, anter/o |
| fundus | fund/o |
| groin | inguin/o |
| hair | pil/o, trich/o |
| head | cephal/o |
| heart muscle | myocardi/o |
| ileum | ile/o |
| ilium | ili/o |
| inferior | infer/o |
| joint | arthr/o, articul/o |
| kidney | ren/o, nephr/o |
| left | sinistr/o |
| loin | lumb/o |
| lumen | lumin/o |
| lungs | pulmon/o, pneumon/o |
| lymph gland | lymphaden/o |
| mediastinum | mediastin/o |
| middle | medi/o |
| mind | ment/i, phren/o, psych/o |
| muscle | my/o, myos/o |
| nail | onych/o, ungu/o |
| near | proxim/o |
| nerve | neur/o |
| nipple | thel/o |
| nucleus | kary/o, nucle/o |
| organ, viscera | organ/o, viscer/o |
| ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
| pancreas | pancreat/o |
| pelvis | pelv/i |
| peritoneum | peritone/o |
| pleura | pleur/o |
| posterior | poster/o |
| ribose | rib/o |
| right | dextr/o |
| sameness | home/o |
| side | later/o |
| sinus, cavity | sinus/o, sin/o |
| skeletal muscle | rhabdomy/o |
| skin | derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o |
| small intestine | enter/o |
| smooth muscle | leiomy/o |
| spinal cord | myel/o |
| spine | spin/o |
| sternum | stern/o |
| stomach | gastr/o |
| superior | super/o |
| system | system/o |
| tail | caud/o |
| testis | test/o, orchid/o |
| thorax | thorac/o |
| thyroid | thyroid/o |
| tissue | hist/o |
| to cast | bol/o |
| trachea | trache/o |
| umbilicus | omphal/o, umbilic/o |
| ureter | ureter/o |
| urethra | urethr/o |
| ventral | ventr/o |
| vertebra | vertebr/o, spondyl/o |
| vessel(nonspecific) | angi/o |
| artery vessel | anteri/o |
| vein vessel | phleb/o, ven/o |
| vestibule | vestibul/o |