a-, ab-, separate, apart from, away from acro- extremity ad- to, near, or towards affinis liking, predilection ala- wing alveolar small cavity amnion foetal membrane amphi- around, double, both ampulla swollen vessel an- without ana- according to, leading to (reinforces a meaning) anastomosis communication, join angio- vessel angulum angle ankylosis stiffening annulus ring-like anus posterior intestinal orifice apo- from -apsid, apsis arch arach- spider-like arch- ancient, former arrector erecting atrium entrance space, or cavity audio- hearing auricle ear-like auto- self (Note that autopsy is a meaningless, or at least inaccurate expression; necropsy is correct.) axial central, at the axis axis central line bas- at the base bi- two, double. bios-,-biont living thing -blast cell, simple group of cells -blasto- germ, cell, primitive organisation brachium arm brancial gills bronchus breathing duct buccal connected with the mouth cavity bulb- bulbous caecum- part of intestine calyx husk, covering canine- dog-like, or connected with a dog caput- head cardia heart carno- connected with flesh carpus wrist cavus hollow cephal- head, brain cera- horn -cerc tail cerebrum part of brain cervix neck (generally, that of the womb) choan- funnel-shaped chondro- cartilage -chondrous cartilaginous chord string, chord chorion skin chrome colour, hue chromo coloured chyme juice cilia threads ciliary eyelash, cilium circum- around -clast break cloaca common sexual orifice cnem- lower leg cochlea spiral of inner ear coelom body cavity of coelomate animals (q.v.) colon large gut columella small column conch- as an oyster shell -condyle knob constrict- drawing together copro- faeces corium see chorion corni- horny coronary encircling, wreath-like, esp. cardiac blood vessels cortex, corti- outher layer (cf. medulla) cosm- orderly arrangement, spatial design costa- rib -crania head cranium skull cribri- sieve cric- ring crist- crest crus, crura- leg-like cten- comb cune- wedge cuti- skin cyclo- circle (cyclops, one eyed) cyst- bladder cyto-, cyte cell de- down, away from, lacking dens tooth derm skin derma- skin (topographically, beneath 'cutis') di-, dia- through, between, apart, across digit finger disc flat round plate distal further, furthest, away from dorsal back ductor,-ducens leading e-, ex- away from, out of ecto- outer ek-, ekto- outside en-, endo- within, internal enteron cavity epi- on, upon eryth- red ethmo- sieve ex- out of facie- appearance of -factor making falci- sickle fasci- band -ferens carrying fibre thin strand fibril fine thread filo- soft, fine thread. fimbrae threads, or a fringe flagellum, -a whip-like organelle (not flagella, -ae) flex- bent flocc- soft, woolly mass follicle small sac fornix arch, vault fovea pit front brow fundus deep region, a rounded sac funic a strand gast- stomach -gen producing genit- connected with reproductive organs germ connected with cellular growth glans an acorn-like protusion (e.g. Glans penis) glen- socket-like glom- spherical gloss- tongue -glotta tongue gluteo- hind-quarters, buttock gnath- jaw granul- small particles guano faeces gula- throat gyro- turning haem- blood, blood-red hemi- half hepa- liver hetero- different, other (cf. homo-) hippo- horse histo- originally 'web'; now tissues or their structure holo- whole, entire homo- same, identical (cf. hetero-) horm- stimulating humo- fluid, liquid hyal- translucent, wax-like hyoid Y- or U-shaped hyo- Y-shaped hypo- beneath -ichthys fish -iform like in- within, not, or on incus anvil infra- below infundibulum funnel inguin- groin inter- between (cf. intra-) intra- inside, within iris- originally 'multicoloured' ischio- hip iso- equal labia- lips lacer- tearing lacrima- tears (of eye) lamina a thin, uniform sheet latera- along the side ledi- scale -lemma husk, covering luteo- yellow leuco- white levator raising ligament strap, originally a bandage -lingus tongue lipid fatty material lob- lobe, region -logy study of lopho- ridge lucid- clear lumbar pertaining to the loins lymph- body fluid macro- large (cf. micro-) macula mark major greater malleus hammer-like mamma- breast masto- breast meatus tube, open passage media- central medulla core, inner region (cf. cortex) mela- blackness meninx, meninges pl. originally membranes, esp. of brain and spinal cord -mere part meso- middle meta- after, coming later, next in line micro- very small (cf. macro-) minor lesser mono- single multus- many myelo marrow myo- muscle naris, -es nostrils necros death neo- new nephro- connected with simple kidney structures nephros type of kidney neuro- nerve nicti- connected with eyelid 'winking' node knot, constriction -nomic named as, law noto- back (ventral surface) nucha connected with the nape of the neck oblique slanting oculo- eye odont- tooth -oid in the form of olfacto- to smell -omos shoulder omphalo- navel onto- existing organismus phenomena opercul- lid, door ophthalmo- eye opistho- behind, retarded optic visual os- bone -osteo bones ostium hole otic pertaining to the ear ovum egg, egg-cell oxy- acidic palaeo- ancient pallium thin covering -pallium covering palma palm of hand pan- all, universal papilla pimple para- near, alongside, associated with parie- wall pecten hair-comb, now comb-like pectoral breast ped- foot pelvis hip-bone pend- suspended peri- around phaeo- brown phag eat phall- penis pharynx throat phil- affinity -phore bearer photo-, phos- light phyl- race, distinct types of organismus -physis growth -phyte plant -pile felt, mat pinna flap, wing, ear member pisi- pea-like plac- flat plate -plasm fluid substance plasm, plasma fluid, formless substance -plat flat pleuro- from the side, ribs plex- web, interlacing threads pneumo- breath, airway -podium foot poikilo- changeful pons- brigde por- opening, passageway port- gateway potamo- river pous foot pre-, prae- before pressor- depressing mechanism prim- first pro- before, prior, for proct- anus proto- first pteri- thin, wing, fern-like -pterid wing-like pubi- originally mature, now connected with pubic region of body pulmo- long pyg- rear, posterior pyri- pear quad- four rachi- spine-like radi- as a radius rect- straight renal kidney retic- network retro- back, reverse rheo- flow rhin- nose rhombo- as a parallelogram rostrum projection rota- rotating rumin- to do with chewing sac- bag sagitt- arrow sarc- flesh scal- scale sclera- hard, dry sebum grease selen- moon sem- pertaining to male reproductive cells sept- partition sinus duct soma-, -some body, bodily sperm- see sem-; also seed sphen- wedge sphinct- circular clasping spina spine spirac- breathing vent splanchn- visceral -spondyle back-bone figure stapes stirrup sternum chest-bone stero- spatial, solid stoma- opening, mouth strat- layer styl-, style, pillar, thin cylinder, point sub- beneath sulcus groove super, ra- above sym-, syn- together syrinx tube tab- as a table tact- touch tapet- 'carpet' tarsus pertaining to foot taxis- movement tect- roof, covering -tegument covering telo- end, termination temp- time termin- ending test- covering, or testicle tetra- four -thalamus chamber theca- casing, sheath -therm heat thermo- warm thorax chest thromb- coagulum, clot tome a cut trabec- strut trachea windpipe tre-, tri three tribo- lubrication -trichia hair troch- pulley-wheel, or similar to one troph- turning, bending to, nourishment tuber- a lump tunic- similar to a 'vest' turbin- turing, spiral tymp- drumskin-like unci- hook uro- urine, tail vagina depressed opening valva- a small valve vas vessel venter, -ral beneath, opposite to dorsal (q.v.) verm worm vescic- fluid-filled bladder-like cavity vestibul- entrance chamber vibriss- bristle villus finger-like microscopic projection viscera- pertaining to abdominal organs visu- sight vitell- pertaining to egg vitr- glass-like vivi living vomer ploughshare xero- dry xiphi- from sword (hence, sword-like) zoo- animal zygo yoke, fusion, paired zygoma- cheek -zyme yeast