Medical Terminology Roots

Question 1

an

Answer 1

anal canal

Question 2

angi

Answer 2

vessel

Question 3

arter

Answer 3

artery

Question 4

cec

Answer 4

cecum

Question 5

celio

Answer 5

body cavity

Question 6

chole

Answer 6

gall, bile

Question 7

cholecyst

Answer 7

gallbladder

Question 8

choledoch

Answer 8

common bile duct

Question 9

col

Answer 9

colon

Question 10

crani

Answer 10

skull, cranium

Question 11

cyst

Answer 11

sac

Question 12

duoden (duodenum)

Answer 12

the first part of the small intestine

Question 13

enter

Answer 13

small intestine

Question 14

esophag

Answer 14

esophagus

Question 15

gastr

Answer 15

stomach

Question 16

hem, hemat

Answer 16

blood

Question 17

hepat

Answer 17

liver

Question 18

ile (ileum)

Answer 18

third part (most distal) of small intestine

Question 19

jejun (jejunum

Answer 19

second part of the small intestine

Question 20

lapar

Answer 20

abdomen, flank

Question 21

lith

Answer 21

calculus, stone

Question 22

lysis

Answer 22

breakdown, destruction

Question 23

mast

Answer 23

breast, mammary gland, Occasionally mamm is used as a combining form (i.e. mammogram, mammography)

Question 24

pancreat

Answer 24

pancreas

Question 25

phleb

Answer 25

small vein

Question 26

proct

Answer 26

rectum

Question 27

rect

Answer 27

rectum, structures related to the rectum

Question 28

splen

Answer 28

spleen

Question 29

vas

Answer 29

vessel, duct or canal. Refers to any fluid conveying structure

Question 30

ven

Answer 30

vein

Question 31

bronch

Answer 31

bronchus

Question 32

card (ium)

Answer 32

heart

Question 33

pneumon

Answer 33

lung

Question 34

pulmon

Answer 34

lung, structures related to the lung

Question 35

phren

Answer 35

respiratory diaphragm

Question 36

thorac

Answer 36

chest

Question 37

trache

Answer 37

trachea

Question 38

colp

Answer 38

vagina

Question 39

hyster

Answer 39

uterus

Question 40

metrium

Answer 40

uterus

Question 41

oophor

Answer 41

ovary

Question 42

salping

Answer 42

fallopian tube, uterine tube

Question 43

cyst

Answer 43

bladder, sac (usually refers to the urinary bladder)

Question 44

nephr

Answer 44

kidney

Question 45

pyel

Answer 45

pelvis of the kidney

Question 46

ren

Answer 46

kidney

Question 47

ureter

Answer 47

ureter

Question 48

urethr

Answer 48

urethra

Question 49

vesic

Answer 49

urinary bladder