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HHS Body Structure
Medical Word Elements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| hist/o | Tissue |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| caud/o | tail |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back (of body) behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| albin/o | white |
| leuk/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| poli/o | gray |
| acr/o | extremity |
| eti/o | cause |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| path/o | disease |
| somat/o | body |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xer/o | dry |
| genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| gram | record, writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| logy | study of |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| pathy | disease |
| ab | from, away from |
| ad | toward |
| hetero | different |
| homeo | same |
| infra | below, under |
| peri | around |
| super | upper, above |
| trans | across, through |
| ultra | excess, behond |