abdomin/o abdomen adip/o fat aer/o thoracic cavity,Peritoneum – lines the ankyl/o sti joint arthr/o joint
air anter/o front brachi/o arm bucc/o abdominopelvic cavity articul/o joint burs/o sac carp/o
cheek cardi/o heart caud/o tail carpus cervic/o neck chondr/o
cephal/o head cervic/o neck Membrane layers-Parietal cartilage clavicul/o clavicle
chondr/o cartilage crani/o skull layer:Outer layer lining the cavity coccyg/o coccyx cortic/o outer layer
crin/o to secrete crur/o leg cutane/o walls,Includes: Parietal cost/o rib crani/o skull femor/o
skin cyt/o cell derm/o skin dermat/o pleura,Parietal peritoneum,Visceral femur fibul/o fibula humer/o
skin dist/o away from dors/o back layer:Inner layer surrounding the humerus ili/o ilium ischi/o ischium
enter/o small intestine epitheli/o organs (viscera), Includes: Visceral kyph/o hump lamin/o lamina (part of
epithelium gastr/o stomach glute/o pleura,Visceral peritoneum vertebra) lord/o bent backward
buttock gynec/o female hal/o to lumb/o loin (low back between ribs
albin/o white, angi/o vessel, bas/o
breathe hemat/o blood hist/o tissue and pelvis) mandibul/o mandible
base, bi/o life, carcin/o cancer,
immun/o protection infer/o below maxill/o maxilla medull/o inner
cauter/o to burn, chem/o chemical,
inguin/o groin laryng/o larynx later/o region metacarp/o metacarpus
cis/o to cut, cortic/o outer layer,
side lingu/o tongue lumb/o loin (low metatars/o metatarsus myel/o bone
cry/o cold, cutane/o skin, cyt/o cell,
back) lymph/o lymph medi/o middle marrow, spinal cord orth/o straight
derm/o skin, dermat/o skin,
muscul/o muscle nephr/o kidney oste/o bone patell/o patella
diaphor/o profuse sweating, electr/o
neur/o nerve ophthalm/o eye orth/o pector/o chest ped/o child; foot
electricity, erythr/o red, esthesi/o
straight or/o mouth ot/o ear pariet/o pelv/o pelvis phalang/o phalanges
feeling, hem/o blood, hidr/o sweat,
cavity wall ped/o foot pelv/o pelvis pod/o foot prosthet/o addition pub/o
ichthy/o scaly, dry, kerat/o hard,
peritone/o peritoneum pleur/o pleura pubis radi/o radius; ray (X-ray) sacr/o
horny, leuk/o white, lip/o fat,
poster/o back proct/o rectum and sacrum scapul/o scapula scoli/o
melan/o black, myc/o fungus,
anus proxim/o near to pub/o genital crooked spin/o spine spondyl/o
necr/o death, onych/o nail,
region pulmon/o lung rect/o rectum vertebrae stern/o sternum synovi/o
pedicul/o lice, phot/o light, py/o
rhin/o nose spin/o spine super/o synovial membrane synov/o
pus, rhytid/o wrinkle, sarc/o flesh,
above thec/o sheath (meninges) synovial membrane tars/o tarsus
scler/o hard, seb/o oil, septic/o
thorac/o chest topic/o a specific area thorac/o chest tibi/o tibia uln/o ulna
infection, system/o system, trich/o
ur/o urine urin/o urine vagin/o vagina vertebr/o vertebra Su ixes-blast
hair, ungu/o nail, vesic/o sac, xer/o
vascul/o blood vessel ven/o vein immature-clasia to surgically break-
dry. -al pertaining to, -derma skin
ventr/o belly vertebr/o vertebra desis to fuse-listhesis slipping-logic
condition, -ectomy surgical
viscer/o internal organ histology= pertaining to study of-porosis
removal, -emia blood condition, -ia
study of tissue porous Prefixes dis-apart non-no
state or condition, -iasis abnormal
sagittal/ median plane | condition, -ic pertaining to, -ism
frontal/coronal (cut o boobs and state of, -itis inflammation, -logy
tummy) transverse/horizontal (o study of, -malacia abnormal
legs) softening, -oma mass or tumor, -
opsy view of, -osis abnormal
Dorsal cavity: Cranial cavity – condition, -ous pertaining to, -
contains the brain,Spinal cavity – phagia eat or swallow, -plasty
contains the spinal cord surgical repair, -rrhea discharge, -tic
Ventral cavity: Thoracic cavity- pertaining to, -tome instrument to
Contains the two lungs, Contains the cut, -ule small. allo- other, an-
mediastinum, which includes: Heart, without, anti- against, auto- self, de-
Aorta,Esophagus,Trachea,Thymus without, epi- above, ex- outward,
gland,Diaphragm Muscle separating hyper- excessive, hypo- below, intra-
the thoracic cavity from the within, para- beside, sub- under,
abdominopelvic cavity Used for xeno- foreign.
breathing, Abdominopelvic cavity-
Abdominal cavity (superior),Pelvic
cavity (inferior),Contains organs of
the: Digestive system Excretory
system Reproductive system
Viscera-Internal organs located within
the ventral cavities,Membranes lining
the ventral cavities:Pleura – lines the
agglutin/o clumping bas/o base
chrom/o color coagul/o clotting
eosin/o rosy red fus/o pouring granul/o
granules hem/o blood SECTION I:
BLOOD AT A GLANCE hemat/o blood
morph/o shape myel/o bone marrow,
spinal cord neutr/o neutral phag/o eat,
swallow sanguin/o blood septic/o
duct/o to bring extens/o to stretch out infection Su ixes-apheresis removal,
fasci/o fibrous band fibr/o fibers flex/o carry away-crit separation of-cytic
to bend habilitat/o ability hydr/o water pertaining to cells-cytosis more than
kinesi/o movement muscul/o muscle the normal number of cells-emia
my/o muscle myos/o muscle phon/o blood condition-globin protein-oid
sound physic/o body plant/o sole of resembling-penia abnormal decrease,
foot rotat/o to revolve ten/o tendon too few-phil attracted to-philia
tend/o tendon tendin/o tendon condition of being attracted to-philic
therm/o heat vers/o to turn -asthenia pertaining to being attracted to-plastic
weakness-ion action-kinesia pertaining to formation-plastin
movement-phoresis carrying-tonia formation-poiesis formation-rrhagic
tone-trophic pertaining to pertainings
development ab-away from ad-toward
circum-around e-outward
angi/o vessel aort/o aorta arteri/o
artery arteriol/o arteriole ather/o fatty
substance atri/o atrium cardi/o heart
coron/o heart embol/o plug fibrin/o
fibers isch/o to hold back myocardi/o
heart muscle phleb/o vein sept/o wall
son/o sound sphygm/o pulse steth/o
chest thromb/o clot valv/o valve
valvul/o valve varic/o dilated vein
vascul/o blood vessel vas/o vessel
ven/o vein ventricul/o ventricle venul/o
venule Su ixes-cardia heart
condition-manometer instrument to
measure pressure-ole small-pressor
to press down-spasm involuntary
muscle contraction-tension pressure-
tonic pertaining