anat&phys

abdomin/o

abdomen

acro

extremities

adip/o

fat

-algia

pain

angi/o

vessel

ante

before, in front

a or an

without

arthr/o

joint

aud

hear

brady

slow

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o

heart

-clast

broken

contra

against

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

derm/o

skin

dia

through

dys

difficult

-ectomy

surgical removal

electro

electric

endo

within

epi

upon

erythr/o

red

exo

outside

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

-graphy

the process of recording

graph/gram

written record

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyper

too much

hypo

not enough

-itis

inflammation

leuk/o

white

macro

large

mal

bad

mamm/o

breast

-megaly

enlargement

micro

small

myo

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ocul

eye

-ologist

one who studies

-ology

the study of

oste/o

bone

-ostomy

surgically forming an opening

-otomy

cutting into

path/o or -pathy-

disease

peri

around

phag/o

to swallow

-phobia

fear

rhin/o

nose

-scope

instrumental used for visual examination

-scopy

visual examination

-sis

the condition of having

sub

below or under

super

over or above

tachy

fast

frontal

forehead

orbital

eye

nasal

nose

oral

mouth

cervical

neck

pectoral

chest

sternal

breastbone

mammary

breast

scapular

shoulder blade

sacral

tail bone

umbilical

navel

pelvic

pelvis

inguinal

groin

pubic

genital

femoral

thigh

patellar

knee cap

crural

leg

pedal

foot

cranial

skull

otic

ear

buccal

cheek

mental

chin

clavicular

collarbone

axillary

armpit

brachial

upper arm

antebrachial

forearm

antecubital

elbow

carpal

wrist

manual

hand

digital

fingers and toes

coxal

hips

occipital

base of the skull

dorsal

back

lumbar

lower back

vertebral

spinal column

gluteal

buttock

popliteal

back of knee

sural

calf

tarsal

ankle

plantar

sole of the foot