EXSC 317-01 Chapter 2 The Body Organization

Vocabulary flashcards covering body organization combining forms, prefixes, suffixes, positions, and regions from EXSC 317-01 Chapter 2.

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

crin/o

to secrete

crur/o

leg

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

dist/o

away from

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

small intestine

epitheli/o

epithelium

gastr/o

stomach

glute/o

buttock

gynec/o

woman

hemat/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

immun/o

protection

infer/o

below

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

lumb/o

loin

lymph/o

lymph

medi/o

middle

muscul/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

pelv/o

pelvis

peritone/o

peritoneum

pleur/o

pleura

poster/o

back

proct/o

rectum and anus

proxim/o

near to

pub/o

genital region

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ur/o

urine

vascul/o

blood vessel

ventr/o

belly

vertebr/o

vertebra

viscer/o

internal organ

endo-

within

epi-

above

hypo-

under

peri-

around

retro-

behind

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-atic

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ic

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-logy

study of

-ose

resembling

Anatomical Position

Standing erect, arms at side of body, palms facing forward, eyes straight forward, legs are parallel, feet and toes pointing forward

Supine

lying horizontally facing upward

Prone

lying horizontally facing downward

Cephalic

head

Cervical

neck

Brachial

arm

Crural

leg

Anterior trunk

Includes thoracic (chest), abdominal, pelvic, and pubic (genitals) regions

Posterior trunk

Includes dorsum (back), vertebral, and gluteal (buttocks) regions