Exercise Physiology - Unit 1 Vocabulary

Prefixes, word roots, suffixes, and extras

Abdomen

Abdomen

Abdomen

Anter/ior

Front

Card/Cardi

Heart

Dist

Away

Dors

Back

Femur

Thigh

Gastr

Stomach

Glut

Buttock

Superior

Upper Half

Inferior

Lower Half

Posterior

Back

Medial

Middle

Proximal

Close to

Ventral

Front

Cephalic

Head

Frontal/Coronal

Dividing the body to show the front and the back

Transverse

Dividing the body to show the upper half and the lower half

Sagital

Dividing the body to show both sides (lateral)

-Ic

Pertaining to

-Logy

Study of

-Meter

Measuring Instrument

-Scope

Viewing Instrument

-Scopy

Process of Viewing

After/Arteri-

Artery

Arthur-

Joint

Hepat-

Liver

Later-

Side

Norm-

Common state

Ven-

Vein

Oste-

Bone

Tens-

Pressure

Ab-

Away from

Bi-

Two

Endo-

Within

Hyper-

Over

Hypo-

Under

Epi-

Above

Caud/o

Tail

Chron/o

Time

Eti/o

Cause (of disease)

Gen/o

Formation, cause, produce

Hom/o, Home/o

Sameness/Unchanging

Iatr/o, Iatri/o

To heal

Idi/o

Person/Self

Ili/o

Flank, hip, groin

Inguin/o

Groin

Physi/o

Nature

Thorac/o

Chest/Thorax

Tom

To cut

Ventr/o

Front, Belly

Chondr/o, Chondri/o

Gristle, Cartilage

Ana-

Up, Toward, Away

Uni-

One

-Ac

Pertaining to

-Ad

Toward

-Ar

Pertaining to

-Graphy

Process of recording

-Ion

Act or Process

-Logist

One who studies

-Stasis

Standing still

-Y

Process of