Anatomy Prefixes and suffixes

To hang -

• append-

• peri-

• -tomy

• ana-

Cardi- refers to

• the appendix

• the head

• the lungs

• the heart

Cerebr- means

• vertebrae

• brain

• helmet

• basin

Dors- refers to ....

• abdomen

• back

• front

• head

meta- means

• the same

• different

• change

• constant

Nas - refers to

• the eye

• the mouth

• the nose

• the ear

Pariet- refers to

• a wall

• a cavity

• an organ

• a tissue

Peri- means

• around

• inside

• over

• under

Pleur- refers to

• the ribs

• the heart

• outside

• under

-stasis means

• constant change

• standing still

• above or superior

• outside

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3