Root CH 1,2,3 Flashcards
angi/ o
vessel
arthr/ o
joint
bronch/ o
airway
cardi/ o
heart
cephal/ o
head
cyt/ o
cell
encephal/ o
brain
enter/ o
small intestine
hemat/ o
blood
home/ o homeostasis
sameness, unchanging, homeostasis -process of maintaining internal stability despite changes in the environment.
hydro/ o
water
hyster/ o
uterus
lip/ o
fat
lith/ o
stone
mamm/ o
breast
mast/ o
breast
maxim/ o
biggest, highest
mening/ o
membrane
muscul/ o
muscle
nat/ o neonatal
birth
neur /o
nerve
ocul/ o ocular
eye
oste/ o
bone
ot/ o
ear
pod/ o
foot
pulmon/ o
lung
rhin/ o
nose
salpinx (g) /o
fallopian tube
skelet / o
skeleton
ten /o
tendon
thorac/ o
chest, thorax
trache / o
trachea
abdomin / o
abdomen
anter / o - anterior
front - Toward the front or belly side
brachi / o
arm
caud / o
tail
cephal /o
head
cervic / o
neck
chondr / i
gristle, cartilage
chron /o
time
cran /o, crani /o
skull
cyt /o
cell
derm /o, dermat/ o
skin
dist /o - distal
distant - away from the origin of attachment to the trunk (the knee is distal to the hip & thigh)
dors /o
back
femor /o
thigh, femur
gastr / o
stomach
glute /o
buttock
hom /o, home /o
sameness, unchanging
ili /o
flank, hip, groin
infer /o - inferior
below - Away from the head end or toward the lower part of the body.
inguin /o
groin
kinesi /o
motion
later /o - lateral
side - toward the side
lumb /o
loin, lower back
medi /o - medial
middle –toward the midline, which is an imaginary vertical line down the middle of the body.
organ /o
tool
pelv /o
bowl, basin
physi /o
nature
pleur /o
pleura, rib
poster /o - posterior
back - Toward the back
proxim /o - proximal
near – toward the origin of attachment to the trunk (the upper arm is proximal to the wrist)
super /o - superior -
above - Toward head end or upper part of the body
- external, toward the body surface (skin is superficial to the muscles and body cavities)
thorac /o
chest, thorax
umbilic /o
navel, umbilicus
ventr /o
belly