Anatomy Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots Quick Check 1

To hang -

• append-

• peri-

• -tomy

• ana-

Cardi- refers to

• the appendix

• the head

• the lungs

• the heart

Dors- refers to ....

• abdomen

• back

• front

• head

meta- means

• the same

• different

• change

• constant

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

-tomy

• up

• cutting

• study

• a condition

pleura

• around

• change

• lung

• chest