Root Flashcards
adip/o
fat
aden/o
gland
abdomin/o
abdomen
anter/o
front
arthr/o
joint
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
axill/o
armpit
arter/o
arteri/o
artery
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
angi/o
vessel
blephar/o
eyelid
bi/o
life
bol/o
to cast (throw)
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (2 tubes, L + R, branch from trachea to enter lungs)
chem/o
drug, chemical
carcin/o
cancer; cancerous
cervic/o
cervix, neck (of the body or of the uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
cardi/o
heart
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
cephal/o
head
crani/o
skull
chron/o
time
cerebr/o
cerebrum; largest part of the brain
col/o
colon/o
colon (large intestine)
Four parts:
- ascending (cecum to undersurface of liver
- transverse (passes horizontally to the left toward spleen)
- descending
- sgmoid (leads into rectum)
carp/o
wrist bones
cis/o
to cut
cib/o
meals
cost/o
rib
crin/o
to secrete
cutane/o
skin
cyst/o
(urinary) bladder
cyt/o
cell
mort/o
death
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
lymph/o
lymph
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
log/o
study of
laryng/o
larynx, voice box
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
leuk/o
white
later/o
side
kary/o
nucle/o
nucleus
immun/o
protection
isch/o
to hold back
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
ped/o
child
poster/o
back, behind
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
iatr/o
treatment; physician
inguin/o
groin
peritone/o
peritoneum
The serous membrane lining the abdominopelvic walls (parietal peritoneum) and reflecting over the contained viscera (visceral peritoneum).
path/o
disease
phag/o
to eat, swallow
hist/o
tissue
hepat/o
liver
muc/o
mucus
morph/o
shape, form
my/o
myom/o
muscle
muscle tumor
mamm/o
mast/o
breast
medi/o
middle
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
nephr/o
kidney
neutr/o
- neutral (neither base nor acid)
- neutrophil (a white blood cell)
- most numerous disease-fighting “soldiers”
- they are ‘phagocytes’
- referred to as “polys” or “polymorphonuclear leukocytes” b/c of their multilobed nucleus
nat/i
birth
neur/o
nerve
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ot/o
ear
onc/o
tumor
ox/o
oxygen
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
dist/o
far, distant
derm/o
dermat/o
skin
dors/o
back portion of the body
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines, usually small intestines
- two gastrointestinal organs in term = organ closer to mouth first
erythr/o
red
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman; female
hem/o
hemat/o
blood
hydr/o
water, fluid
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall
pneumon/o
pneum/o
air, lungs
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
the/o
to put, place
top/o
place, position, location
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
thorac/o
chest
tonsill/o
tonsils
son/o
sound
sacr/o
sacrum
The large triangular bone located just below the lumbar vertebrae, inserted like a wedge between the two hip bones.
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
tox/o
poison
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ur/o
urinary tract; urine (urea)
urethr/o
urethra
one ‘e’ = one tube
ven/o
ven/i
phleb/o
vein
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), back bone(s)
ventr/o
belly side of the body
viscer/o
internal organs
