Practicing Root Terms for Human Anatomy

Question 1

Acanth(o)

Answer 1

Spine

Question 2

Acous, acus, acoust/o-

Answer 2

Hearing

Question 3

-Agra

Answer 3

Sudden/Severe Pain

Question 4

Alb-

Answer 4

Albino, White

Question 5

Algia, Algo-

Answer 5

Pain

Question 5

-Algesia

Answer 5

Sensitivity to Pain

Question 6

Ambly-

Answer 6

Blunt, Dull, Faint or Dim

Question 6

Audi/o

Answer 6

Hearing

Question 7

Baro-

Answer 7

Weight or Pressure

Question 7

Blephar/o

Answer 7

Eyelid

Question 8

Cerebell/o

Answer 8

Head

Question 9

Cerebr/o

Answer 9

Relating/Connected to the Brain, Initiates and Coordinates Movement and Regulates Temperature

Question 10

Chori/o, Choroid/o

Answer 10

The Chorion, the outermost membrane of the fetus, and the choroid, a layer of tissue in the eye

Question 11

Corne/o, Cornea

Answer 11

A clear, outer layer of the eye that protects it and helps focus light

Question 12

Cortic/o

Answer 12

Cortex, Outer Layer of Body Organ

Question 13

Cry/o

Answer 13

Ice, Icy, Cold, Chilly, Frost

Question 14

Cus

Answer 14

Sound

Question 15

Cycl/o

Answer 15

Circle, Cycle, Ciliary Body of Eye

Question 16

Dacry/o

Answer 16

Tear

Question 17

Dacryocyst/o

Answer 17

Tear Sac

Question 18

Enchin/o

Answer 18

Spiny or Prickly

Question 19

Encephal/o

Answer 19

Brain

Question 20

-Esthesia, -Esthesi/o

Answer 20

Feeling, Sensation

Question 20

Gangli/o, Ganglion/o

Answer 20

Cluster of Nerve Cells, Tumor, Swelling

Question 20

-Guesia

Answer 20

Sense of Taste

Question 21

Labyrinth/o

Answer 21

Inner Ear

Question 21

Ir-, Irit/o, Irid/o

Answer 21

Iris of Eye

Question 21

Lacrim/o

Answer 21

Tear, Tear Duct

Question 22

Gli/o

Answer 22

Gila, Glue

Question 23

Kerat/o

Answer 23

Cornea, Horny Tissue, Horn, A clear, outer layer of the eye that protects it and helps focus light

Question 24

-Lalia

Answer 24

Speech

Question 25

Leio-

Answer 25

Smoothness

Question 26

-Lepsy

Answer 26

Seizure

Question 26

Lent/i

Answer 26

Lens

Question 27

Medull/o

Answer 27

Medius, Middle Section of Brain, Marrow or lower part of the brainstem

Question 27

Mania

Answer 27

Insanity, Madness

Question 27

-Lexia

Answer 27

Speech

Question 28

Malaco-

Answer 28

Softness of Organ/Tissue

Question 29

Mening/o, Meninge/o

Answer 29

Three Membranes that Protect the Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 30

Myel/o

Answer 30

Bone Marrow, Spinal Cord

Question 30

Myring/o

Answer 30

Eardrum

Question 31

Narc/o

Answer 31

Numbness, Stupor

Question 32

Neur/o, Neur/i

Answer 32

Neuron, Nerves, Nervous System

Question 33

Noci-

Answer 33

Hurt

Question 33

Ocul/o

Answer 33

Eye, Ocular

Question 34

Oneir/o

Answer 34

Dream

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Ophthalm/o

Answer 35

Eye

Question 36

-Opia

Answer 36

Vision

Question 37

Opt/o

Answer 37

Vision, Eye

Question 38

Ot/o

Answer 38

Ear

Question 39

-Osmia

Answer 39

Odor, Smell

Question 40

Palpebr/o

Answer 40

An Eyelid, Related to the Eyelid

Question 41

Paresis

Answer 41

Muscle Weakness, Let Go, Release, Partial Paralysis

Question 42

Phac/o, Phak/o

Answer 42

Lens of The Eye, Crucial for Understanding how the Eye focuses Light

Question 42

Phanero-

Answer 42

Mind, Brain, Visible

Question 43

-Phasia

Answer 43

Speech

Question 44

Phot/o

Answer 44

Light, Light Going Into Eye(?)

Question 44

Picr/o

Answer 44

Bitter

Question 45

Phon/o, -Phone

Answer 45

Sound, Voice

Question 46

-Plegia

Answer 46

Paralysis, Stroke

Question 47

Psilo-

Answer 47

Bare, Head

Question 47

Polio-

Answer 47

Gray, Grey Matter of Spinal Cord

Question 47

Presby-

Answer 47

Older, Old, Physical Aging

Question 48

Pupill/o

Answer 48

Pupil of Eye

Question 49

Phych/o

Answer 49

Mind

Question 50

Radicul/o

Answer 50

Nerve Root of Spinal Cord

Question 50

Salping/o

Answer 50

Fallopian Tube, Uterine

Question 50

Retin/o

Answer 50

Retina, A Light-Sensitive Layer of Nerve Tissue at the Back of the Eye that Sends Images to the Brain

Question 51

Scler/o

Answer 51

Hardening, Hardness

Question 52

Scot/o

Answer 52

Darkness

Question 52

Somn/i, Somn/o

Answer 52

Sleep

Question 53

Thalam/o

Answer 53

Thalamus, A Part of Brain that Processes and Relays Sensory and Motor Information

Question 53

Staped/o, Stapedi/o

Answer 53

Middle Ear Bone, Stapes

Question 54

-Therm, Therm/o-

Answer 54

Heat, Temperature

Question 55

Tympan/o

Answer 55

Eardrum, Middle Ear

Question 55

Uve/o

Answer 55

Vascular Layer of Eye, Middle Layer of Tissue in the Eye Wall

Question 56

Vestibul/o

Answer 56

The Vestibule of Inner Ear, which Helps with Balance, Fluid Filled Sac

Question 56

Vibro-

Answer 56

Shake

Question 57

Visco-

Answer 57

Sticky, Thickness of Liquid

Question 57

Visuo-

Answer 57

Vision, Sight

Question 58

Xero-

Answer 58

Dryness

Question 59

Cochle/o

Answer 59

Spiral in The Bony Labrynth of Inner Ear, to Hear