Body Structure Word Scramble
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Element | Meaning |
cyt/o | cell |
hist/o | tissue |
kary/o | nucleus |
nucle/o | nucleus |
anter/o | anterior, front |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back (of the body) |
infer/o | lower/ below |
later/o | side, to one side |
medi/o | middle |
poster/o | back (of the body), behind, posterior |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
abdomen/o | abdomen |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
gastr/o | stomach |
ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
pelv/i | pelvis |
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; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord) |
acr/o | extremity |
eti/o | cause |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
path/o | disease |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
tom/o | to cut |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xer/o | dry |
-genesis | forming, producing, origin |
-gnosis | knowing |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-logist | specialist in the study of |
-logy | study of |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | act of measuring |
-pathy | disease |
ab- | from, away from |
ad- | toward |
hetero- | different |
homeo- | same, alike |
infra- | below, under |
peri- | around |
super- | upper, above |
trans- | across, through |
ultra- | excess, beyond |
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