Body Structure

cyt/o

cell

hist/o

tissue

kary/o, nucle/o

nucleus

anter/o

anterior, front

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

dist/o

far, farthest

dors/o

back (of body)

infer/o

lower, below

later/o

side, to one side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back (of body), behind, posterior

proxim/o

near, nearest

ventr/o

belly, belly side

abdomin/o

abdomen

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

crani/o

cranium (skull)

gastr/o

stomach

ili/o

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

inguin/o

groin

lumb/o

loins (lower back)

pelv/i, pelv/o

pelvis

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

chest

umbilic/o

umbilicus, navel

albin/o, leuk/o

white

chlor/o

green

chrom/o

color

cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

yellow

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

acr/o

extremity

eti/o

cause

idi/o

unknown, peculiar

morph/o

form, shape, structure

path/o

disease

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

somat/o

body

son/o

sound

tom/o

to cut

viscer/o

internal organs

xer/o

dry

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-gnosis

knowing

-gram

record, writing

graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-logist

specialist in the study of

-logy

study of

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-pathy

disease

ab-

from, away from

ad-

toward

hetero-

different

homeo-

same, alike

infra-

below, under

peri-

around

super-

upper, above

trans-

across, through

ultra-

excess, beyond

AP

anteroposterior

Dx

diagnosis

LAT

lateral

Tx

treatment

US

ultrasound, ultrasonography