Prefixes & Suffixes, & a few more

Anatomical Position

Body erect, feet slightly apart, palms facing forwards, and thumbs point away from the body.

Anatomical Variability

The natural differences in body structure among individuals that differ from standard textbook descriptions but do not interrupt normal physiological function.

Arthr- or Artho-

Joint

Brachi-

Arm

Card-

Heart

Cerv-

Neck

Cyt- or Cyto-

Cell

Dactyl-

Fingers/toes

Derm-

Skin

Gastr-

Stomach

Hepa- or Hepat- or Hepato-

Liver

Hydro-

Water

Kal-

Potassium

My- or Myo-

Muscle

Nephr-

Kidney

Neur-

Nerve

Onco-

Cancer

Sept-

Contamination

Vas-

Vessel

Natr-

Sodium

A- or An- or Ar-

Without, not

Dys-

Bad, wrong

Ex- or Exo-

Out of, out from

Hem- or Hemat-

Blood

Hyper-

Above, over

Hypo-

Below, under

Para-

Near, next to

Quadri-

Four of

Cranio-

Skull

Mast-

Breast

Pneumo-

Lungs

Cephalo-

Head

Phlebo-

Veins

Laparo-

Abdomen

-ostomy

Creating an aritical opening

-otomy

Incision/cutting

-ectomy

Removing

-osis

Condition of . . .

-plasty

Replace

-tripsy

Crush/destroy

-itis

Inflammation of . . .

-algia

Pain

-rrhagia

Blood bursting from, “Hemorrhage”

Ad-

Near/towards

Ante-

Before/forward

Anti-

Against

Hemo-

Blood

Intra-

Within