Anatomy 2nd Semester Prefixes/Suffixes

acetabul-

acetabul-

vinegar cup

ax-

axis

-blast

bud

canal-

channel

carp-

wrist

-clast

break

clav-

bar

condyl-

knob

corac-

a crow’s beak

cribr-

sieve

crist-

crest

fov-

pit

glen-

joint socket

inter-

between

intra-

inside

lamell-

thin plate

meat-

passage

odont-

tooth

poie-

make

calat

something inserted

erg

work

fasc

bundle

-gram

something written

hyper-

over

laten-

hidden

-lemm

rind/peel

myo-

muscle

reticul-

a net

sarco-

flesh

syn-

together

tetan-

stiff

-tonic

stretched

-troph

well fed

voluntar-

of one’s free will

anul-

ring

arth-

joint

burs-

bag

glen-

joint socket

labr-

lip

ov-

egg

sutur-

sewing

syndesm-

band

calat

something inserted

erg

work

fast

bundle

-gram

something written

hyper

over

laten

hidden

lemm

rind

mayo

muscle

reticul

a net

sarco

flesh

syn

together

tetan

stiff

tonic

stretched

troph

well fed

voluntar

of one’s free will

anul

ring

arth

joint

burs

bag

glen

joint socket

labr

lip

ov

egglike

sutur

sewing

syndesm

band

astra

starlike

ax

axle

bi

two

dendr

tree

ependym

tunic

-lemm

rind

moto

moving

multi

many

oligo

few

peri

all around

saltator

a dancer

sens

feeling

uni

one

cephal

head

chaism

cross

flacc

flabby

funi

small cord

gangli

swelling

mening

membrane

plex

interweaving

malle

hammer

aud

to hear

choroid

skinlike

choclea

snail

corn-

horn

iris

rainbow

labyrinth

maze

lacri

tears

lut

yellow

macula

spot

ocul

eye

olfact

to smell

palpebra

eyelid

photo

light

scler

hard