A & P: Week 1 Vocab Terms

crani, cephalo

crani, cephalo

head

cervico, tracheo

neck

thoraco

chest

abdomino

abdomen

dorsum, dorso-

back

graph

writing, description

kinesis

motion

cerebro

brain, cerebrum

pulmo, pneuma, pneum

lung (sac with air)

cardio

heart

ab-

away from

acro-

extremities

ad-

toward, to

circum-

around

co-

together

extra-

outside of, in addition to

in-, intra-, intro-

in, within, into

histo-

tissue

latero-

side

peri-

around

-algia

pain

-cyte

cell

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal of

-gram

tracing, mark

-graph

writing

-opathy, -osis

disease of

-meter

instrument that measures

-scope

lighted instrument for visual examination

-scopy

to examine visually

-ology

study of