Retro Root N-Z Flashcards
Oophor/o
Ovary
Nat/o
Birth
Orchid/o, orchi/o
Testis
Path/o
Disease
Palat/o
Roof of mouth
Peritone/o
Peritoneum (membrane lining abdominal and pelvic cavities
Pharmac/o
Drug
Phren/o
Diaphragm
Pleur/o
Pleura, rib (side)
Pneum/a/o, pneum/ono, pneum/ato
Lungs
Poli/o
Gray matter of nervous system
Proct/o
Rectum, anus
Pulmon/o
Lungs
Pyel/o
Pelvis of kidney
Py/o
Pus
Rect/o
Rectum
Ren/i, ren/o
Kidney
Sacr/o
Sacrum
Salping/o
Fallopian tube
Sarc/o
Flesh
Scapul/o
Scapula
Sept/o
Infection
Splen/o
Spleen
Spondyl/o
Vertebra
Stern/o
Sternum
Tend/o, ten/o
Tendon
Testicul/o
Testis
Therm/o
Heat
Thorac/o
Chest
Thym/o
Thymus
Thyr/o, thyroid/o
Thyroid gland
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
Trache/o
Trachea
Tymphan/o
Eardrum
Ur/e, ur/ea, urin/o, ur/o
Urine
Urethr/o
Urethra
Ureter/o
Ureter
Vas/o
Vas deferens ( tube that carries sperm from the epididymis to the urethra)
Vas/o, ven/o
Vein
Vesic/o
Bladder
Viscer/o
Viscera ( internal organs )
Xanth/o
Yellow
Xer/o
Dry