Medical Terminology CHAPTER 2 REVIEW
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast (throw)
cervic/o
neck (of the body or uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant (distal)
dors/o
back portion of the body (dorsal)
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium
, inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side (lateral)
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
medi/o
middle (medial)
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/o
pelvis
poster/o
back, behind (posterior)
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast (throw)
cervic/o
neck (of the body or uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant (distal)
dors/o
back portion of the body (dorsal)
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium
, inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side (lateral)
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
medi/o
middle (medial)
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/o
pelvis
poster/o
back, behind (posterior)
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
