root words (set 1) Flashcards
1
Q
acr/o
A
extremity, tip
2
Q
aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
append/o, appendic/o
A
appendix
4
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
5
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
6
Q
bi/o
A
living thing, life
7
Q
cardi/o
A
heart, upper part of stomach
8
Q
col/o, colon/o
A
large intestine, colon
9
Q
crani/o
A
skull
10
Q
cyst/o
A
sac of fluid, bladder
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o, dermat/o
A
skin
13
Q
duct/o
A
carry
14
Q
enter/o
A
small intestine
15
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
16
Q
gen/o
A
giving rise to, creating
17
Q
gloss/o
A
tongue
18
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
hem/o, hemat/o
A
blood
20
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
21
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
22
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
Q
lith/o
A
stone
25
muc/o
mucus
26
my/o
muscle
27
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
28
neur/o
nerve
29
norm/o
proper, rule
30
oste/o
bone
31
path/o
disease
32
ped/o
child, infant, foot
33
pulmon/o
lung
34
ren/o
kidney
35
secti/o
cut into
36
slen/o
spleen
37
tens/o
pressure
38
the/o
put
39
therm/o
heat
40
thorac/o
chest
41
thromb/o
clot
42
ven/o
vein
