Root Words Flashcards
(78 cards)
1
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my/o
A
muscle
2
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
3
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
4
Q
rhabdomy/o
A
skeletal muscle
5
Q
cerebr/o
A
brain
6
Q
aden/o
A
gland
7
Q
andr/o
A
male, masculine
8
Q
anter/o
A
front or before
9
Q
arthr/o or articul/o
A
joint
10
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
11
Q
cephal/o
A
head or skull
12
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
13
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
14
Q
clast/o
A
break in pieces
15
Q
corp/o
A
body
16
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
17
Q
cox/o
A
hip
18
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cutane/o
A
skin
19
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
20
Q
dors/o
A
back or top
21
Q
edem/o
A
swelling
22
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
23
Q
gen/o
A
beginning
24
Q
genit/o
A
reproduction
25
gloss/o
tongue
26
gnath/o
jaw
27
hem/o or hemat/o
blood
28
heter/o
different
29
histi/o or hist/o
tissue
30
irid/o
iris
31
is/o
equal
32
kary/o
nucleus
33
later/o
side
34
lip/o
fat
35
lys/o
destruction
36
mast/o
mammary gland
37
medi/o
middle
38
muc/o
mucus
39
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow
40
neur/o
nerve
41
o/o
ovum or egg
42
olig/o
little or small
43
onych/o
claw or nail
44
oophor/o
ovary
45
oste/o
bone
46
os
bone
47
oss/o
bone
48
palm/o or palmar/o
the back surface of the forelimb distal to carpus
49
path/o
disease
50
phag/o
eat
51
phleb/o
vein
52
pil/o
hair
53
plant/o or plantar/o
the back surface of the rear limb distal to the tarsus
54
pleur/o
thin membrane with two layers that lines the lungs and chest cavity
55
pne/o
breathe
56
pod/o
foot
57
poster/o
rear or behind
58
proct/o
rectum
59
ptyal/o
salivary gland
60
rhin/o
nose
61
rostr/o
nose
62
sarc/o
fresh
63
sinistr/o
left
64
skelet/o
skeleton
65
somat/o
body
66
steth/o
chest
67
tars/o
tarsus
68
ten/o
tendon
69
tendin/o
tendon
70
tendon/o
tendon
71
tenont/o
tendon
72
trich/o
hair
73
tuber/o
rounded projection
74
vacu/o
to empty
75
vas/o
vessel (blood or other fluids
76
vascul/o
blood vessel
77
ventr/o
belly
78
zo/o
animal or living being
