Anatomy and Physiology Vocabulary

Comprehensive list of anatomical regional terms and Greek/Latin roots with their meanings based on lecture material.

Cephalic

on the head

Brachial

upper arm

Frontal

forhead

Antebrachial

forearm

Orbital

eye

Carpal

wrist

Nasal

nose

Digital (Anatomical Region)

fingers and toes

Oral

mouth

Dorsal

entire back

Buccal

cheek

Vertebral

backbone

Mental

Chin

Lumbar

lower back

Otic

ear

Occipital

back of the head

Sacral

At the top of the gluteal cleft

Gluteal

on the butt

Cervical

neck

Coxal

hip

Thoracic

chest

Femoral

thigh

Axillary (Anatomical Region)

armpit

Patellar

Knee

Abdominal

abdominal

Crural

shin (knee to calf)

Umbilical

belly button

Sural

Calf

Pelvic

space between hips

Pedal

Foot

Pubic

genital

Tarsal

ankle

A-

Not

Ab-

away

Ad-

towards

Adip-

Fat

Anti-

Against

Arthr-

Joint

Auto-

Self

Axill-

armpit

Bi-

two

Cardi-

Hearth

Cepha-

head

Cerebr-

brain

Chond-

Cartilage

-Cide

kill

Circum-

around a circle

-Cyte

cell

Derm-

Skin

Digit- (Root)

finger

Dys-

difficulty

Ecto- or Exo-

outside

-Ectomy

Removal

Endo-

inside

Entero-

intestines

Erythr-

red

Foramen

Hole

Gastro-

Stomach

Gen-

Produce

Gloss-

musle

-Graph

recording

Hema-

blood

Hepa-

liver

Hyper-

extreme

Hypo-

low

Infra-

below

Inter-

between

-Itis

swelling of

Labi-

lips

Lacrim-

tear

Lact-

milk

Leuk- or Alb-

white

Macro-

large

Megalo-

enlargement

Mela-

Black

Meta-

Beyond

Micro-

small

Myo-

muscle

Nas-

nose

Necr-

death

Neur-

nerve

Ocul-

eye

Ology

Study

oma

Tumor

Oo/ovi

Egg

Opsy

Examination

Or(o)

Mouth

Osis

Disease

oste/os

Bone

Papill

Nipple

Paresis

Slight paralysis

Path

Disease

pector

Chest

Peri

Around

Phage

Eat

Phile

Lover

Pod/ped

Foot

Poesis

Production of

Post

After

Pre

Before