Anatomy

Greek Terms

Ef

out of (E- escape F- from… EF)

endo

inside (think IN-do)

exo

outside (think exit)

ab

away (abduct is to take someone away…)

ad

towards (the opposite of abduct ig?)

ana

up or back (astronaut goes up and awayyyy and back anaaa)

epi

outer (think epidermis- outside skin)

hyper

above/over (think hyper active = over active)

hypo

under (think hypodermis which is UNDER the epidermis)

per

through (permeate - go through)

cyt

cell (think of cyt as cell site)

hist

tissue (THAT’S HISTISSUE)

homeo

same (like homeostasis or home, home is where you always go back to, it stays the same)

ology

study of (biology)

micro

small (microscopic)

osis

process (mitosis- process of cell reproduction)

physia

nature of something/how it works (think physiology)

stasis

one place/the same (think stasis in transformers lwk)

scop

to see (micro*scop*e, tele*scop*e, etc)

fect

to make (FECTory… like factoryyy get it?)

eryther

red (erythrocytes- red blood cells)

leuk

leuk (leukocytes - white blood cells OR leuk skywalker from the light side tehehe)

cyan

blue/teal

chlor

green (like chlorophyll)

melan

black (melanin)

xanthos

yellow (because its weird… js like the color)

poli

gray (like rollie polies)