Vocab 1 A&P Prefixes and Suffixes

Front

a-, an-

Back

absence, lack (e.g., acardia, lack of a heart; anaerobic, in the absence of oxygen)

Front

ab-

Back

departing from, away from (e.g., abnormal, departing from normal)

Front

acou-

Back

hearing (e.g., acoustics, the science of sound)

Front

ac-, acro-

Back

extreme or extremity, peak (e.g., acrodermatitis, inflammation of the skin of the extremities)

Front

ad-

Back

to, toward (e.g., adorbital, toward the orbit)

Front

aden-, adeno-

Back

gland (e.g., adeniform, resembling a gland in shape)

Front

adren-

Back

toward the kidney (e.g., adrenal gland, adjacent to the kidney)

Front

aero-

Back

air (e.g., aerobic respiration, oxygen-requiring metabolism)

Front

af-

Back

toward (e.g., afferent neurons, which carry impulses to the central nervous system)

Front

agon-

Back

contest (e.g., agonistic and antagonistic muscles, which oppose each other)