Exam 4 Word Roots Flashcards by Jaclyn Weilnau | Brainscape

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Af-

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Toward

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Ef-

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Away

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-ferent

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Carry

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Soma-

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Body

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Aut-, auto-

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Self

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Nom-

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Name

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Neuro-

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Nerve

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-glea, -glia

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Glue

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Oligo-

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Few

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Dendr-

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Tree, branch

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Karyo-

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Kernel, nucleus

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Chrom-

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Colored

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-phil, -philo

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Like, love

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Gangli-

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Swelling, knot

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Axo-, axi-, ax-

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Axis, axle

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Ante-

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Preceding, before

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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Polar

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End, pole

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Pseudo-

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False

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Salta-

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Leap

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Trop-

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Turn, change

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Enceph-

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Brain

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Pro-

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Before, ahead

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Meso-

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Middle

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Telo-

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The end

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Di-

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Twice, double

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Meta-

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Beyond, between, transition

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Myelo-

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Spinal cord, marrow

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Cerebro-

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Brain (especially cerebrum)

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Ventr-

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Abdomen, belly

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Septum

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Fence

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Pellucid-

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Transparent, shining through

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Gyr-

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Turning

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Sulc-

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Furrow

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Insula

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Island

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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Homnuculus

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Little man

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Rhin-, rhino-

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Nose

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Stria-

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Furrow, streak

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Putamen

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Pod

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Pallid-

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Pale

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Thalam-

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Inner room, chamber

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Genu-

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Knee, joint

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Ped-

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Foot

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Crus-

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Leg

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Gust-

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Taste

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Vestibul-

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Porch

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Folia

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Leaves

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Arbor

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Tree

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Vita

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Life

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Ipsi-

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Same

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Limbus

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Ring

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Fornix

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Arch, vault

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Raphe

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Seam or crease

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Menin

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Membrane

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Falx-

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Sickle-shaped

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Arach-

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Spider

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Mater-

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Mother

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Pia

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Tender

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Plex-

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Net, network, interwoven

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Plegia-

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A blow

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Polio-

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Gray

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Noci-

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Pain

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Extero-

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Outside

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Intero-

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Inside

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Propri-

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One’s own

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Kines-

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Movement

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Oculo-

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Eye

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Coclea-

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Snail shell

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Glosso-

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Tongue

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Vagus-

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Wanderer

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Phren-

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Diaphragm

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Sciatic-

A

Of the hip