Ch 2-Terms Pertaining to the Body-Combining Forms, Suffixes, Prefixes, Terms
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| abdomin/o | abdomen
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| adip/o | fat
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| anter/o | front
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| bol/o | to cast (throw)
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| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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| chondr/o | cartiladge (type of connective tissue)
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| chrom/o | color
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| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone)
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| crani/o | skull
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| cyt/o | cell
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| dist/o | far, distant
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| dors/o | back portion of the body
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| hist/o | tissue
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| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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| inguin/o | groin
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| kary/o | nucleus
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| later/o | side
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| lumb/o | lower back (side & back between the ribs & the pelvis)
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| medi/o | middle
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| nucle/o | nucleus
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| pelv/i | pelvis
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| poster/o | back, behind
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| proxim/o | nearest
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| sacr/o | sacrum
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| sarc/o | flesh
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| spin/o | spine, backbone
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| thel/o | nipple
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| thorac/o | chest
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| trache/o | trachea, windpipe
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| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus
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| ventr/o | bellyside of the body
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| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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| viscer/o | internal organs
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| ana- | up, apart
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| cata- | down
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| epi- | above
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| hypo- | below
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| inter- | between
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| meta- | change
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| -eal | pertaining to
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| -iac | pertaining to
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| -ior | pertaining to
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| -ism | process, condition
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| -ose | pertaining to, full of
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| -plasm | formation
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| -somes | bodies
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| -type | picture, classification
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| abdomial | pertaininf to the abdomen, stomach
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| anatomy | study of the human body, structures
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| anterior | towards the front, before, ventral
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| caudal | below, tail bone
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| cephalic | above
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| cranial | pertaining to the skull, brain
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| distal | far from, distant
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| dorsal | towards the back
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| epigastric | above the stomach
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| histology | the study of tissue
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| homeostasis | in good health, staying the same
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| hypochondriac | below stomach
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| iliac | inguinal, right & left lower regions
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| inferior | below
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| inguinal | pertaining to the groin, pelvic region
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| lateral | to the side
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| lumbar | lower back
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| medial | toward the middle, close to
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| metabolism | chemical process that occurs in cells
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| nucleus | central, controlling structure in a cell
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| pelvic | bones of the hip region
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| posterior | after, dorsal
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| proximal | near trunk of body, close
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| spinal | pertaining to the spine
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| superficial | on the surface
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| superior | top, above
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| thoracic | pertaining to the chest
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| umbilical | area of the navel
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| ventral | belly side, pertaining to the front
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