Med term Unit 1/2 REVIEW

aden/o

gland

anter/o

front

cyst/o

urinary bladder

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

intestines (usually the small intestine)

path/o

disease

spin/o

spine

viscer/o

internal organs

a-, an-

no; not; without

dia-

complete, through

epi-

above ; upon ; on

hypo-

deficient ; below ; under ; less than normal

in-

in ; into ; not

-gram

written record or drawing

-tomy

incision

What abdominal quadrant is letter "C"?

Right lower quadrant (RLQ)

What abdominal quadrant is letter "D"

Left lower quadrant (LLQ)

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

arthr/o

joint

bi/o

two ; both

bol/o

cast ; throw

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cervic/o

neck ; cervix

chondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

color

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

dist/o

far, distant

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

glucose; sugar

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

iatr/o

treatment, physician

ili/o

ilium (top of hip bone)

inguin/o

groin

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

luek/o

white

log/o

study

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

medi/o

middle

nephr/o

kidney

nuer/o

nerve

nucle/o

nucleus

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

ped/o

child, foot

pelv/i

pelvis

poster/o

posterior, tail end/rear of body

proxim/o

proximal (closer to the main body or point of attachment)

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays, radius

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thel/o, theli/o

nipple

thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

trache/o

trachea

umbillic/o

umbilicus (belly button)

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

ventr/o

belly side of body; ventral aspect

vertebr/o

vertebrae; spinal column bones

ana-

apart

aut-, auto-

self, own

cata-

down, under, lower, against

end-, endo-

in ; within

ex-, exo-

out, away from

hyper-

above, excessive

inter-

between

intra-

within ; into

meta-

change ; beyond

peri-

surrounding

pro-

before ; forward

re-

back ; again ; backward

retro-

behind ; back ; backward

sub-

under ; below

trans-

across

-ac, -al, -ic, -ical, -ior, -eal

pertaining to

-algia

suffering or pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

removal of a part

-emia

blood

-genic

produced by or in

-goblin

protein (?)

-ism

condition

-ist

specialist