The Basics and The Body Word Parts

cardi/o

• lungs

• ribs

• heart

• brain

gastr/o

• liver

• stomach

• gallbladder

• spleen

neur/o

• organ

• cell

• tissue

• nerve

anter/o

• back

• right

• front

• left

poster/o

• back (of body); behind

• front

• top

• botom

glyc/o

• sweet and low

• truvia

• splenda

• sugar; glucose

thorac/o

• head

• chest

• abdomen

• pelvis

infer/o

• below

• beside

• behind

• between

super/o

• adjacent

• around

• above

• across

a-, an-

• to include

• not, without

• to involve

• around; surrounding