Root Words Flashcards
Angi/o
pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
Aort/o
aorta
Arter/o - Arteri/o
artery
Ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
Card/o - Cardi/o
heart
Hem/o - Hemat/o
blood, pertaining to the blood
Pheb/o
vein
Thromb/o
clot
Ven/o
vein
Ech/o
sound
Radi/o
radiation, x-rays
Cholecyst/o
gallbladder
Col/o - Colon/o
colon,large intestine
Duoden/i - Duoden/o
dueodenum
Enter/o
small intestine
Esophag/o
esophagus
Gastr/o
stomach
Hepat/o
liver
Sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
Andredn/o - Adrenal/o
adrenal glands
Gonad/o
sex gland
Pancreat/o
pancreas
Thyr/o - Thryroid/o
thyroid gland
Adip/o
fat
Albin/o
white
Cephal/o
head
Cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
Coron/o
coronary, crown
Cyan/o
blue
Cyt/o
cell
Erythr/o
red
Hist/o
tissue
Lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
Leuk/o
white
Lip/o
fat, lipid