Ch 2: Body Parts Flashcards
Root Words
abdomin/o-
celio, laparo, ventro
belly
aden/o-
gland
andr/o-
gynec/o-
man
woman
angi/o-
vaso-
vessel
lymph, blood
append/o-
apppendage
arteri/o-
artery
arthr/o-
joint
bronch/o
trachea-like (rough)
cardi/o-
heart
cephal/o-
head
cerebr/o-
brain
cheil/o-
labi/o
lip
cholecys/o-
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr/o-
cartilage
col/o
big intestine
cost/o, pleur/o-
rib
crani/o-
skull
cyst/o-, vesico-
bladder
dent/o-, dont/o-
tooth
derm/o-. cuti-
skin
duoden/o-
twelve (fingers)
en/cephal/o-
in head (brain)
eso/phag/o-
toward eater (mouth)
gastr/o-
stomach
gloss/o-, linguo-
tongue
hepato-, hepa-
liver
hyster/o-, metr/o-, uter/o-
uterus
ile/o-
twisted (3rd part of small intestine)
irid/o-, iro-
rainbow (eye)
kerat/o-
cornea (eye)
horny (substance)
lamin/o-
thin flat part (vertebra)
lob/o-
lobe (lung)
mast/o-, mamm/o
breast
my/o-, myos-
muscle
myel/o-
bone marrow, spinal cord
myring/o-, tympan/o-
eardrum
neuro-
nerve
nephr/o-, ren/o-
kidney
oophor/o-
ovary
ophthalm/o-, ocul/o-
eye
orchid/o-, testo-
testicle
oste/o-
bone
ot/o-, aur/i-
ear
pan/creat/o-
all/ fleshy
pharyng/o-
throat
phleb/o, ven/o-
vein
pneum/o-, pulmon/o-
lungs
proct/o-
rectum, anus
prostat/o-
lying before (male gland)
pyel/o-
pelvis (kidney pelvis)
rect/o-
straight (rectum)
rhin/o-, nas/o-
nose
sacr/o-
sacrum
salping/o-, doch/o-, duct/o-
tube (Fallopian & Eustachian)
splen/o-, leino-
spleen
spondyl/o-
vertebra (joined)
steth/o-, pect/o-, thoraco-
chest
stomat/o-, or/o-, os-
mouth
ten/o-, tend/o-, tendin/o-
strecher (tendon)
thyr/o-
shield-like (shape)
trache/o-, trach/y-
rough (windpipe)