Human Anatomy Unit 2 Prefixes/Suffixes/Roots

adipo-

• sugar

• protein

• fat

• carbohydrate

cyte-

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• system

epithe-

• laid on, covering

• underneath

• above

• beside

hist-

• cell

• tissue

• organ

• system

erythro-

• blue

• green

• red

• yellow

osteo-

• muscle

• joint

• bone

• tendon

endo-

• outside, outer

• between, middle

• within, inner

• above, over

leuk-

• red

• blue

• white

• green

-ology

• the study of

• the art of

• the practice of

• the theory of

chondro-

• bone

• muscle

• cartilage

• tendon