Anatomy_ Word Roots_1 Flashcards
a-, an-
not, without
ante-
before
append
hang to
axi
axis
brachi
arm
cardi
heart
caud
tail
cephal/crani
head
contra
against, opposite
dors
the back
epi-
above, over
-graph
write
infer
low, underneath
infra-
below
ipsi
same
later
side
morpho
form, shape
-logy
the study of
para
beside, near
pariet
a wall
patho/pathy
disease
peri-
around
pleur
rib, side
post
behind, after
sagitt
arrow
super
above
tom
cut
trans
across, through
venter, ventr
belly
viscero
organs
ana-
apart
bi-
two
chrom
color
cis
on this side
cyt
cell
dys-
bad, malicious
-ell
small
endo
within, inner
exo
outside
hyper
excessive
inter
between
kinesis
movement
lamina
layer
lysis
loosening, breaking down
mere
part, portion
meta
after, between
mito
thread
multi
many
necro
death
nucle
little nut
-osis
process
phago
eat
pino
drink
plasi
shape
plasma
forming or molded material
pre-, pro-
before
reticul
network
som, soma
body
telo
end
blast
bud, germ
chord
string
coel
hollow
cyst
bag, bladder
derm
skin
ecto
out, outside
meso
middle
myo
muscle
nata
birth
noto
the back
pre-
before
retro
back, behind
sclero
hard
splanchnic
viscera
troph
nourish
adeno
gland
alveol
cavity, pit
areola
a small open space
basi, basa
base
chondr
cartilage
cili
small hair, eye lash, eyelid
crine
separate
duc, duct
lead
extra
outside, beyond
fibr
fiber
hist
tissue
lacun
space, lake, cavity
matri(x)
womb
micro
small
neo
new
-oma, onco
tumor
osteo
bone
pseudo
false
squam
flat, scale
stasis
standing
strati
layer
uni
one
villi
shaggy hair
carcin
crab
corn
horny
cortex (word root)
bark
cutaneo
skin
gran
grain
hemo
blood
holo
whole
hypo
under, beneath
-itis
inflammation
kera
horn
lucid
clear
lun
moon
medull
pith, marrow
melan
black
papill
nipple
spin
spine
strata, strati
layer
sub-
under, below
-ule
little
apo-
from, off, away
artic
joint
circum
around
clast
break, destroy
condyl
knuckle, knob
cost
rib
di-
separate, apart, two
facet
face or flat surface
foramen
an opening
foss
a ditch, trench
gen
produce
-icul
small
hyal
glass, transparent
lamell
small plate
malac
soft
-oid
like, resembling
osteo, oss
bone
phy
grow, produce, growth
plasi, plast
form, shape
porus
pore, opening
proli
offspring
sinu
a hollow
-sis
the act of
trab
beam
tuber
knob, knot
-ula, -ule, -ulus
little
ala
wing
anul, -us, -o
ring
cervi
neck
corona
crown
den
tooth
ethmo
sieve
form
shape
glosso
tongue
lacrima
tear
mast
breast
nucha
the nape
occip
back of head
opti
eye
orbi
circular
ovalis
egg-shaped
pedi
feet
petro
rock
pterygo
wing
radi
a spoke or ray
ramus
branch
rotund
round
scoli
curved
sphen
wedge
stylo
stake
tempo
time
tympan
a drum
xipho
a sword
arcus
a bow, arch
auricul
ear
calc
heel
capit
head
carp
wrist
clavicul
key
corac
crow
cox
hip
cune
wedge
fovea
pit
hamat
hooked
ilia
flank
ischi
hip
linea
line
malle
hammer
obtur
close, stop up
olecran
elbow
pect
breast
pelv
basin
phalan
battle line
pis
pea
pubi
genital region
scaph
bowl or boat
styl
a pillar, stake
sulc
groove
tars
ankle
triquetr
triangular
trochle
pulley
ab-
away
ad-
toward
amphi
both
ankylo
crooked, bent
arthro
joint
auto-
self
bursa
purse