System
(WHICH SYSTEM?)
Define
Body Cavities
(WHICH CAVITY?)
Suffixes
Combining Forms
100

Kidneys

Urinary System

100

Swelling in joints 

Arthritis 
100

Spinal Cord

Spinal Cavity

100

-algia

Pain

100

Pulmon/o 

Pneumon/o 

Lungs

200

Larynx 

Respiratory System

200

Over-active thyroid gland

Hyperthyroidism

200

Spleen 

Abdominal Cavity 

200

-eal 

Pertaining to 

200

Angi/o

Vessel 

300

Esophagus 

Digestive System

300

Prediction made after diagnosis; Forecasts outcome of treatment

Prognosis

300

Trachea 

Thoracic Cavity

300

-rrhage

-rrhagia 

Excessive discharge of blood

300

Cry/o

Cold
400

Cerebrum 

Nervous System

400

Collection of blood under a nail 

Subungual Hematoma 

400

Pituitary Gland

Cranial Cavity 

400

-plasty

Surgical repair

400

Cholecyst/o

Gallbladder 

500

Coccyx 

Musculoskeletal System

500

An infant born with head presenting first 

Cephalic presentation

500

Peritoneum 

Abdominal Cavity 

500

-lysis

Separation, Breakdown, Destruction 

500

Axill/o

Armpit