Biomedical Chapter 5 and 6 prefixes

abdomen/o

abdomen

amyl

starch

an/o

anus

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

bil/i

bile; gall

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

bucc/o

cheek

cec/o

cecum first part of the colon

celi/o

belly abdomen

cervic/o

neck(of the body or the uterus)

cheil/o

lip

chlorhyr/o

hydrochloric acid

chol/e

bile; gall

cholangi/

bile vessel

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cib/o

meal

cirrh/o

orange yellow

col/o, colon/o

colon

denti/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum

enter/o

intestines usually small

esophag/o

esophagus

eti/o

cause

gingiv

gums

gloss/o

tongue

gluc/o, glyc/o

sugar

glycogen/o

glycogen, animal starch

herni/o

hernia

idi/o

unknown; individual; distinct

ile/o

ileum

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum

pharyng/o

throat

proct/o

anus and rectum

prote/o

protein

py/o

pus

pylor/o

pylorus; pyloric sphincter

rect/o

rectum

sialaden/o

salivary gland

splen/o

spleen

steat/o

fat, sebum

stomat/o

mouth

tonsill/o

tonsil