Body Structure

Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes related to the body structure

cyt/o

cell

histo/o

tissue

kary/o, nucle/o

nucleus

anter/o

anterior, front

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

dist/o

far, farthest

dors/o

back(of body)

infer/o

lower, below (word root)

later/o

side, to one side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back (of body), behind, posterior

proxim/o

near, nearest

ventr/o

belly, belly side

leuk/o, albin/o

white

chrom/o

color

cirrho/o, jaund/o, xanth/o

yellow

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

melan/o

black

poli/o

gray, gray matter (of the brain or spinal cord)

radi/o

radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)

tom/o

to cut

viscer/o

internal organs

-ar, -ic

pertaining to

-graphy

process of recording

infra-

below, under (prefix)

peri-

around

super-

upper, above

ultra-

excess, beyond