Chapter 2: Terms Pertaining To The Body As A Whole

Front 1

Abdomin/o

Back 1

Abdomin

Hint 1

Exactly what it says

Front 2

Adip/o

Back 2

Fat

Hint 2

Adipose tissue

Front 3

Anter/o

Back 3

Front

Hint 3

Anterior vs. Interior

Front 4

Cervic/o

Back 4

Neck (of the body or of the uterus)

Hint 4

Upper part of your body

Front 5

Chondr/o

Back 5

Cartilage (type of connective tissue)

Hint 5

A type of tissue

Front 6

Chrom/o

Back 6

Color

Hint 6

Rainbow

Front 7

Coccyg/o

Back 7

Coccyx (tailbone)

Hint 7

Your have one but it is tiny. Animals have long ones some have short ones.

Front 8

Crani/o

Back 8

Skull

Hint 8

Contains the most important organ of the body.

Front 9

Cyt/o

Back 9

Cell

Hint 9

You are made of this.

Front 10

Dist/o

Back 10

Far, distant

Hint 10

It is a part of a common word.

Front 11

Dors/o

Back 11

Back portion of the body

Hint 11

Dolphins have dorsal fins.

Front 12

Hist/o

Back 12

Tissue

Hint 12

You have four different type of this in and on your body.

Front 13

Ili/o

Back 13

Ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)

Hint 13

Part of an area where it covers the pelvic region.

Front 14

Inguin/o

Back 14

Groin

Hint 14

Area between the abdomen and the thigh on either side of the body.

Front 15

Kary/o

Back 15

Nucleus

Hint 15

Contains genetic materials

Front 16

Later/o

Back 16

Side

Hint 16

Off to the ....

Front 17

Lumb/o

Back 17

Lower back ( side and back between the rib)

Hint 17

Near your sacrum

Front 18

Medi/o

Back 18

Middle

Hint 18

If I'm not left or right I'm in the....

Front 19

Nucle/o

Back 19

Nucleus

Hint 19

Contains genetic information

Front 20

Pelv/i

Back 20

Pelvic

Hint 20

Exactly what it sounds like

Front 21

Poster/o

Back 21

Back, behind

Hint 21

It's not the front

Front 22

Proxim/o

Back 22

Nearest

Hint 22

Opposite of distal

Front 23

Sacr/o

Back 23

Sacrum

Hint 23

Part of your pelvis

Front 24

Sarc/o

Back 24

Flesh

Hint 24

Zombies eat this

Front 25

Spin/o

Back 25

Spine, backbone

Hint 25

Allows you to sit up strait without looking like you melted.

Front 26

Thel/o & Theli/o

Back 26

Nipple

Hint 26

Your have two of this on your chest

Front 27

Thorac/o

Back 27

Chest

Hint 27

Above your pelvic but below your Cephalic.

Front 28

Trache/o

Back 28

Trachea, windpipe

Hint 28

You use this as you breath in and out

Front 29

Umbilic/o

Back 29

Navel, umbilicus

Hint 29

Bellybutton

Front 30

Ventr/o

Back 30

Belly side of the body

Hint 30

Also another word for anterior

Front 31

Vertebr/o

Back 31

Vertebra (e), back bone (s)

Hint 31

Another word for spine

Front 32

Viscer/o

Back 32

Internal organs

Front 33

Ana-

Back 33

Up

Hint 33

Opposite of cata-

Front 34

Cata-

Back 34

Down

Hint 34

Think of the catacombs.

Front 35

Epi-

Back 35

Above

Front 36

Hypo-

Back 36

Below

Front 37

Inter-

Back 37

Between

Front 38

Intra-

Back 38

Within

Front 39

Meta-

Back 39

Change

Front 40

-Eal, -iac, -ior

Back 40

Pertaining to

Hint 40

Not worth remembering because there are too much of these suffixes

Front 41

-ism

Back 41

Process or condition

Front 42

-ose

Back 42

Pertaining to, full of

Front 43

-plasm

Back 43

Formation

Front 44

-somes

Back 44

Bodies

Front 45

-type

Back 45

Picture, classification