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Chapter 2 Terms pertaining to the body as a whole
GMS BT 104 A1 Chapter 2
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01/21/2012
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Abdomin/o
 Definition
abdomen
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Adip/o
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fat
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anter/o
 Definition
front
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bol/o
 Definition
to cast (throw)
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cervic/o
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neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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chondr/o
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cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
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color
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coccyg/o
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coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
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skull
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cyt/o
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cell
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dist/o
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far distant
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dors/o
 Definition
back portion of the body
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hist/o
 Definition
tissue
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ili/o
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ilium (Part of the pelvic bone)
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inguin/o
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groin
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kary/o
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nucleus
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later/o
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side
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lumb/o
 Definition
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
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medi/o
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middle
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nucle/o
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nucleus
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pelv/i
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pelvis, hip region
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
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nearest
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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sarc/o
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flesh
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spin/o
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spine, backbone
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thel/o
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nipple
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trache, windpipe
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umbilic/o
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navel, umbilicus
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra(e), backbones
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viscer/o
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internal organs
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ana-
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up
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cata-
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down
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epi-
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above
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hypo-
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below
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inter-
 Definition
between
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meta-
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change
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-eal
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pertaining to
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-iac
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pertaining to
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-ior
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pertaining to
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-ism
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process, condition
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-ose
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pertaining to, full of
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-plasm
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formation
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-somes
 Definition
bodies
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-type
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picture, classification
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