Basic Anatomy and Physiology

a-

from, away)

a-, an-

less, not)

contra-

against)

dis-

apart, not)

dys-

difficult)

em-, en-

in, inside)

eu-

true)

im-

not)

acr/o

extremity)

blast/o

formative cell)

brad/y

slow)

cardi/o

heart)

cerebr/o

brain)

cost/o

ribs)

crani/o

skull)

derm/o

skin)

gangli/o

ganglia)

gen/o

generate)

gon/o

semen, seed)

hem/o

blood)

hepat/o

liver)

hist/o

tissue)

lip/o

fat)

morph/o

form)

my/o

muscle)

ne/o

new, recent)

nephr/o

kidney)

neur/o

nerve)

oste/o

bone)

physi/o

nature)

pnea

breath, air)

pneum/o

air, breath)

ren/o

kidney)

splen/o

spleen)

tach/y

rapid, speed)

thorac/o

chest)

tonia

tonic spasm)

troph/o

nutrition)

trop/o

turn, change)

vas/o

vessel)

-ac

pertaining to)

-asis, -esis

action, process)

-ectomy

cutting out)

-gen

something generated)

-gram

record, write)

-graph

instrument record)

-ic

of, relating to)

-in

belonging to)

-ium

small one, mass)

-logist

one who studies)

-logy

study of)

-meter

instrument for measuring)

-oid

like, in the form of)

-on

unit)

-or

one that does)

-osis

process, disease)

-ous, -ose

full of)

-scope

instrument for viewing)

-stasis

checking)

-tomy

cutting)