Prefixes
Word Meaning
Combining Forms
Body Basics
Opposites
100

A/An 

without

100

All

Pan-

100

Joint

Arthr/o

Articul/o

100

What is the fundamental unit for all living things?

Cell

100

Deep

Superficial

200

Dia-

Diameter, through

200

-genesis

Produced by or in

200

Brain

Encephal/o

200

Name the 5 body cavities

  • Cranial
  • Thoracic
  • Abdominal
  • Pelvic
  • Spinal
200

Supine

Prone

300

Hyper

Over

300

Cytology

Study of cells

300

Kidney

Nephr/o

Ren/o

300

What are organs made up of?

Tissues

300

Proximal

Distal

400

Tachy-

Fast, rapid

400

Water

hydr/o

400

Liver

Hepat/o

400

3 things a cell must have

Cell membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasm

400

Anterior

Posterior

500

Brady-

Slow

500

Middle

Medi/o

500

Heart

Cardi/o (use with -ac, ology, ologist, pathy, vascular, megaly)

500

Name the 5 levels of the spinal column

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal 

500

Cranial

Caudal

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