Roots Flashcards
Ton/o
Tone, tension
Cervic/o
Neck
Seb/o, sebaceous/o
Oil
Femor/o
femur (thighbone)
Ortho/o
Straight
Py/o
Pus
Hem/o, hemat/o
Blood
Coagul/o
Coagulation
Ankyl/o
Stiff, bent
Tax/o
Arrangement, order, coordination
Plas/o
Formation
Brachi/o
Arm
Lumb/o
Loin, lower back
Spondyl/o
Vertebra
Xanth/o
Yellow
Xer/o
Dry
Crypt/o
Hidden
Onych/o, ungu/o
Nail
Hidr/o
Sweat
Gen/o
Creation, cause
Xen/o
Foreign
Kinesi/o
Movement, motion
Fasci/o
Fascia
Muscul/o, my/o, myos/o
Muscle
Ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
Tendon
Burs/o
Bursa
Arthr/o
Joint
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Tars/o
Ankle
Tibi/o
Tibia (shinbone)
Cost/o
Rib
Carp/o
Wrist
Dactyl/o
Finger
Crani/o
Skull, head
Oste/o
Bone
Melan/o
Black
Leuk/o, alb/o
White
Erythr/o
Red
Kerat/o
Hard, horny
Squam/o
Scale
Pil/o, trich/o
Hair
Cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o
Skin
Adip/o, lip/o, steat/o
Fat
Necr/o
Death
Myc/o
Fungus
Morph/o
Change
Hydr/o
Water