Body structure

cyt/o

cell

hist/o

tissue

kary/o nucle/o

nucleus

anter/o

anterior,front

caud/o

tail

ceohal/o

head

dist/o

far/farthest

dors/o

back(of body)

infer/o

lower below

later/o

side, to one side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back

proxim/o

near, nearest

ventr/o

belly,belly side

abdomin/o

abdomen

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

crani/o

cranium(skull)

gastr/o

stomach

lil/o

ilium (lateral flaring, proportion of the hip bone)

inguin/o

groin

lumb/o

loins(lower back)

pelv/i pelv/o

pelvis

spin/o

spine

thorac/o

chest

umbilic/o

umbilicus,navel

albin/o leuk/o

white

chlor/o

green

chrom/o

color

cirrh/o jaund/o xanth/o

yellow

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray; gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

acr/o

extremity

eti/o

cause

idi/o

unknown, peculiar

morph/o

form,shape,structure

path/o

disease

radi/o

radiation

somat/o

body

son/o

sound

tom/o

to cut

viscer/o

internal organs

xer/o

dry

-genesis

formation,producing,origin

-gnosis

knowing

-gram

recording,writing

-graph

instrument for recording

-graphy

process of recording

-logist

specialist in the study of skin

-logy

study of blood

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

act of measuring

-pathy

disease

ab-

from, away from

ad-

toward

hetero-

different

homeo-

same,alike

infra-

below, under

peri-

around

super-

upper, above

trans-

across, through

ultra-

excess, beyond

AP

anteroposterior(from front to back)

Dx

diagnosis

LAT

lateral

Tx

treatment

US

ultrasound, ultrasonography