Miscellaneous Roots

Question 1

a-/an-/e-

Answer 1

without/not

Question 2

accessory

Answer 2

additional/ extra supplementary

Question 3

acoustic

Answer 3

relating to sound/ hearing

Question 4

-ae

Answer 4

multiple

Question 5

amphi-

Answer 5

both

Question 6

andro-

Answer 6

of men, male

Question 7

alveolus

Answer 7

hollow, cavity

Question 8

aqua-

Answer 8

water

Question 9

arc-

Answer 9

rule

Question 10

arachnoid

Answer 10

web-like shape a spider makes, spider like

Question 11

arbor

Answer 11

tree-like (supports or appearance)

Question 12

articular

Answer 12

relating to the joints

Question 13

atrium

Answer 13

cavity or passage

Question 14

auto-

Answer 14

self

Question 15

baro-

Answer 15

relating to pressure

Question 16

bio-

Answer 16

life

Question 17

blastos

Answer 17

bud, sprout embryo formative cell layer

Question 18

brevis

Answer 18

short

Question 19

bulbus/bulbal

Answer 19

bulb-shaped

Question 20

caput

Answer 20

head

Question 21

cardinal

Answer 21

of greatest importance

Question 22

chondro-

Answer 22

relating to cartilage

Question 23

chromo-

Answer 23

color

Question 24

cistern-/cisternae

Answer 24

flattened membrane vesicle

Question 25

clad-/clado-

Answer 25

branch or branching

Question 26

crico-

Answer 26

cricoid cartilage (of or pertaining to)

Question 27

cuboid

Answer 27

referring to cube shaped

Question 28

cecum / caecum

Answer 28

pouch of the junction between the small & large intestines

Question 29

deltoid

Answer 29

triangular (in reference to muscles)

Question 30

demi-/hemi-

Answer 30

half / partial

Question 31

di-

Answer 31

double

Question 32

ductus

Answer 32

convey

Question 33

dura-

Answer 33

hard

Question 34

eu-

Answer 34

good / true

Question 35

fenestra

Answer 35

window

Question 36

fissure

Answer 36

a long narrow opening in the form of a crack or groove

Question 37

flexor

Answer 37

contraction that bends a limb

Question 38

foliate

Answer 38

leaf-like motif

Question 39

foramen

Answer 39

a hole/opening/passage in bone

Question 40

fossa

Answer 40

shallow depression or hollow

Question 41

fovea

Answer 41

shallow depression specifically in the eye

Question 42

fundus

Answer 42

part of a hollow organ furthest from its opening

Question 43

-form

Answer 43

shape of

Question 44

glenoid

Answer 44

shallow dish with multiple morphologies

Question 45

gloss- / glossa

Answer 45

pertaining to the tongue

Question 46

hetero-

Answer 46

different

Question 47

holo-

Answer 47

whole, complete

Question 48

hyo-

Answer 48

hyoid bone or arch

Question 49

innominate

Answer 49

unnamed

Question 50

-iform

Answer 50

in the form

Question 51

icthy-

Answer 51

pertaining to fish

Question 52

-issimus/maximus

Answer 52

indicating the most/highest point

Question 53

labial

Answer 53

relating to the lips

Question 54

labyrinth

Answer 54

pertaining to bones in the inner ear

Question 55

lobe

Answer 55

a part of something

Question 56

magnus

Answer 56

large in size

Question 57

melano-

Answer 57

in reference to melanin or color

Question 58

-morph

Answer 58

form

Question 59

multi-

Answer 59

multiple

Question 60

myo-

Answer 60

muscle

Question 61

occipital

Answer 61

relating to the back of the head

Question 62

neo-

Answer 62

new

Question 63

ocellus

Answer 63

small eye

Question 64

-oid

Answer 64

like

Question 65

ostium

Answer 65

opening to a vessel/cavity in a body

Question 66

-lithos

Answer 66

stone

Question 67

mono-/uni-

Answer 67

one / single

Question 68

-pod/ -poda

Answer 68

foot

Question 69

parietal

Answer 69

wall

Question 70

pia

Answer 70

tender

Question 71

placoid/placo-

Answer 71

referring to scaled organisms

Question 72

plasti- / plastos

Answer 72

small body/ structure

Question 73

plexus

Answer 73

an intricate network

Question 74

pore

Answer 74

a minute opening in a surface

Question 75

process

Answer 75

projection off a body

Question 76

quadra-

Answer 76

relating to four sides or sections (also a bone between the skill and lower jaw)

Question 77

ramus

Answer 77

branch of bone

Question 78

raphe

Answer 78

groove / ridge / seam in an organ or tissue

Question 79

ruga / rugae

Answer 79

fold(s)

Question 80

sacrum / sacral

Answer 80

shield shaped (also tailbone)

Question 81

sagittal

Answer 81

suture in the skull

Question 82

-saur

Answer 82

relating to a reptile

Question 83

septum

Answer 83

partition between chambers

Question 84

serratus

Answer 84

saw-like / saw shaped

Question 85

sinus

Answer 85

cavity in bone or tissue

Question 86

spiracle

Answer 86

external respiratory opening

Question 87

sulcus

Answer 87

groove or furrow

Question 88

tectum

Answer 88

uppermost mid-brain

Question 89

tensor

Answer 89

tighten or stretching muscle

Question 90

teres

Answer 90

one of 2 muscles in the shoulder joint

Question 91

trapezoidal

Answer 91

referring to the shape of a trapezoid

Question 92

tunic / tunica

Answer 92

organ lining

Question 93

vagus

Answer 93

10th cranial nerve

Question 94

velum

Answer 94

soft-palate

Question 95

vesicle

Answer 95

small membranous sac filled with liquid