Medical Terminology Ch. 9

Front

an/o

Back

anus

Front

append/o, appendic/o

Back

appendix (a tube connected to the cecum, containing lymph tissue)

Front

bil/i

Back

bile, gall

Front

bucc/o

Back

cheek

Front

cec/o

Back

cecum (first part of the colon)

Front

cholangi/o

Back

bile duct

Front

chol/e

Back

bile, gall

Front

cholecyst/o

Back

gallbladder

Front

choledoch/o

Back

common bile duct (duct that takes bile to the duodenum)

Front

col/o, colon/o

Back

colon