Vet Tech Ch.1 | Roots Flashcards
Bucc
Cheek
Cephal
Head
Cerebr
Brain
Cervic
Neck
Faci
Face
Nas
Nose
Rhino
Nose
Ot, Aur
Ear
Cantho
Angle at either end of the slit between the eyelids
Cili
Eyelid,eyelash or small hair
Cor/o, Pupill/o
Pupil of the eye
Cornel/o, Verat/o
Cornea of the eye
Irid
Iris of the eye
Ocul
Eye
Opt, Opththalm
Eyes
Gingiv
Gums
Glosso, Lingu-
Tongue
Gnath
Jaw
Odont
Tooth or Teeth
Sial/o
Salivary Glands
Stom-, Stomat-
Mouth
Derm/a. Derm/o, Dermat/o
Skin
Lapar-
Flank
Pilo
Hair
Steth
Chest
Papill
Nipple
Pod/o, Ped/i
Foot
Thorax
Chest
Dors/i, Dors/o
Back
Ventri/i, Ventr/o
Belly or underside
Cyto
Cell
Hist
Tissue
Kerat
Horny tissue or corneal tissue of the eye
Path, Pathy
Disease
Gen/o
Producing
Lysis, Lys/o
Lytie
Kin/e, Kin/o
Movement, Motion
Morph/o
Form, structure
Op/Ia, Ops/Ia, Opsy
Vision
Phage, Phago
Eating
Phil
love or affinity for acidophilic
Plega
Paralysis
Poiesis, Poetic
Formation or production
Stasis
Standing still, Stoppage
Tropho/o
Nourishment, Food
Brachy
Short
Brevy
Short
Dipl/o
Double/Twice
Dolicho
Long, Elongated
Marco
Large
Negla, Meg/alo, Meg/aly
Large
Sten
Narrowing
Pachy
Think
Cry/o
Cold
Thermo
Heat
Hydr/o
Wet/ Water/ Fluid
Xer/o
Dry
Brady
Slow
tachy
fast
Dextr/o
Right, right side
Lev/o
Left
Sinistro
Left
Crypto
Hidden
Gylc/o, Gluc/o
Sugar, sweet
Mal
ill, bad
Necro/o
Death
Aqua
Hydro
Pacry/o
Tear or tear shaped
Chol/e, Chol.o
Bile
Hem/a, Hemat/o, Hem/o
Blood
Heme
Iron based
Sangui, Sanguin/o
Bloody or bloody discharge
Mucus,Muco
Secretion of mucus membrance
Ur/e, Urlea, Ur/eo. Ur/ino, Ur/o
Urine / Urea
Pus
Production of inflammation
Pylo
Pus
Adip/o, Lip/o
Fat, Fatty acid
Cerumen, Cerumeno
Earwax
Fec
Excreeted solid waste, Poop
Lith/o
Stone or Calculus
Erythr/o
Red
Chlor/o, Chloros
Green
Cyan/o
Blue
Melan/o
Black
Luc/o, Leuk/o
White