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Human body prefixes
The prefixes,suffixes,and word roots for parts of the human body.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eye | Opthalm/o,ocul/o |
| Eyelid | blephar/o |
| Nose | nas/o,rhin/o |
| Mouth | or/o,stomat/o |
| Thraot | pharyng/o |
| Esophagus | esophag/o |
| Trachea | windpipe,trachea |
| Lung | pnem/o,pneumon/o |
| Chest | thorac/o |
| Heart | card/io |
| Muscle | my/o,muscul/o |
| Gallblader | cholecyst/o |
| Diaphragm | phren/o |
| Liver | hepat/o |
| Large intestine | coi/o |
| Small intestine | enter/o |
| Vermifor appendix | appendic/o |
| Skin | derm/o,dermat/o |
| Head | cephal/o |
| Skull | crani/o |
| Brain | cerebr/o,encephal/o |
| Spinal cord | myel/o |
| Neck | cervic/o |
| Thyroid gla | thyroi/o |
| Joint | arthr/o |
| Bone | oste/o |
| Rib cross section | cost/o |
| Armpit | axill/o |
| Spleen | splen/o |
| Stomach | gastr/o |
| Pancreas | pancreat/o |
| Fat | adip/o,lip/o,steat/o |
| Rectum | rect/o,proct/o |
| Urnary bladder | cyst/o |