Word Roots 2

Question 1

adenoid-

Answer 1

adenoids (glands on posterior wall of nasal cavity)

Question 2

alveol-

Answer 2

alveolus (air sacs at end of bronchioles)

Question 3

atel-

Answer 3

incomplete, imperfect

Question 4

bronch-

Answer 4

bronchus (branch of trachea)

Question 5

bronchi-

Answer 5

bronchus (branch of trachea)

Question 6

capn-

Answer 6

carbon dioxide

Question 7

diaphragmat-

Answer 7

diaphragm

Question 8

epiglott-

Answer 8

epiglottis (cartilage covering larynx)

Question 9

hem-

Answer 9

blood

Question 10

hemat-

Answer 10

blood

Question 11

laryng-

Answer 11

larynx (voice box)

Question 12

lob-

Answer 12

lobe

Question 13

muc-

Answer 13

mucus

Question 14

nas-

Answer 14

nose

Question 15

orth-

Answer 15

straight

Question 16

ox-

Answer 16

oxygen

Question 17

pharyng-

Answer 17

pharynx (throat)

Question 18

phon-

Answer 18

sound

Question 19

phren-

Answer 19

diaphragm

Question 20

pleur-

Answer 20

pleura (membrane covering lungs and lining thoracic cavity)

Question 21

pneum-

Answer 21

lung, air

Question 22

pneumat-

Answer 22

lung, air

Question 23

pneumon-

Answer 23

lung, air

Question 24

pulmon-

Answer 24

lung

Question 25

py-

Answer 25

pus

Question 26

radi-

Answer 26

x-rays, ionizing radiation

Question 27

rhin-

Answer 27

nose

Question 28

sept-

Answer 28

septum

Question 29

sinus-

Answer 29

sinus

Question 30

somn-

Answer 30

sleep

Question 31

son-

Answer 31

sound

Question 32

spir-

Answer 32

breathe, breathing

Question 33

thorac-

Answer 33

thorax, chest, chest cavity

Question 34

tom-

Answer 34

to cut, section, slice

Question 35

tonsil-

Answer 35

tonsil

Question 36

trache-

Answer 36

trachea (windpipe)

Question 37

albumin-

Answer 37

albumin (protein made in liver that runs in bloodstream)

Question 38

azot-

Answer 38

urea, nitrogen

Question 39

blast-

Answer 39

developing cell, germ cell

Question 40

cyst-

Answer 40

bladder, sac

Question 41

glomerul-

Answer 41

glomerulus (cluster of capillaries at end of kidney tube to filter waste)

Question 42

glyc-

Answer 42

sugar

Question 43

glycos-

Answer 43

sugar

Question 44

hydr-

Answer 44

water

Question 45

lith-

Answer 45

stone, calculus

Question 46

meat-

Answer 46

meatus (opening)

Question 47

nephr-

Answer 47

kidney

Question 48

noct-

Answer 48

night

Question 49

olig-

Answer 49

scanty, few

Question 50

pyel-

Answer 50

renal pelvis (base of spinal cord)

Question 51

ren-

Answer 51

kidney

Question 52

ur-

Answer 52

urine, urinary tract

Question 53

ureter-

Answer 53

ureter

Question 54

urethr-

Answer 54

urethra

Question 55

urin-

Answer 55

urine, urinary tract

Question 56

vesic-

Answer 56

bladder, sac

Question 57

andr-

Answer 57

male

Question 58

balan-

Answer 58

glans penis

Question 59

epididym-

Answer 59

epididymis

Question 60

orch-

Answer 60

testis, testicle

Question 61

orchi-

Answer 61

testis, testicle

Question 62

orchid-

Answer 62

testis, testicle

Question 63

prostat-

Answer 63

prostate gland

Question 64

sperm-

Answer 64

spermatozoon, sperm

Question 65

spermat-

Answer 65

spermatozoon, sperm

Question 66

test-

Answer 66

testis, testicle

Question 67

vas-

Answer 67

vessel, duct

Question 68

vesicul-

Answer 68

seminal vesicle