Body Parts
Prefixes
Suffixes
Body Organization
Abbreviations
100

Cardi/o

What is "heart"?

100

Brady-

What is "slow"?

100

-algia

What is "pain"?

100

This plane divides the body into left and right

What is "sagittal"?

100

HTN

What is "hypertension"?

200

Pulmon/o

What is "lung"?

200

Anti-

What is "against"?

200

-itis

What is "inflammation of"?

200

This plane divides the body into front and back

What is "frontal" or "coronal" plane?

200

PO

What is "by mouth"?

300

Cyst/o

What is "bladder/sac"?

300

Dys-

What is "painful, difficult, and/or abnormal"?

300

-ologist

What is "one who studies"?

300

Located farther away from point of attachment to body

What is "distal"?

300

ENT

What is "Ear, nose and throat"?

400

Path/o

What is "disease"?

400

Peri-

What is "around"?

400

-rrhea

What is "discharge"?

400

"LLQ" is the abbreviation for

What is "left lower quadrant"?

400

IM

What is "intramuscular"?

500

Enter/o

What is "small intestine"?

500

Retro-

What is "backward, behind"?

500

-gram

What is "record"?

500

This system includes the pharynx, larynx, trachea

What is the "respiratory system"?

500

CHF

What is "congestive heart failure"?