word roots Flashcards
1
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Cardi/o
A
heart
2
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
3
Q
oste/o, oss/e or ossi
A
bone
4
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
5
Q
enter/o
A
intestine
6
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
7
Q
adip/o
A
fat
8
Q
arthr/o
A
joints
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
my/o
A
muscles
11
Q
fasc/i or fasci/o
A
fascia
12
Q
ten/o, tend/o or tendin/o
A
tendons
13
Q
arteri/o
A
arteries
14
Q
ven/o or phleb/o
A
veins
15
Q
hem/o or hemat/o
A
blood
16
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph vessels
17
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils
18
Q
splen/o
A
spleen
19
Q
thym/o
A
thymus
20
Q
nas/o or rhin/o
A
nose or nares
21
Q
pharyng/o
A
pharynx
22
Q
trache/o
A
trachea
23
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
24
Q
pneum/o or pneumon/o
A
lungs
25
or/o or stomat/o
mouth
26
esophag/o
esophagus
27
gastr/o
stomach
28
enter/o
small intestine
29
col/o or colon/o
large intestine
30
hepat/o
liver
31
pancreat/o
pancreas
32
ren/o or nephr/o
kidneys
33
ureter/o
ureters
34
cyst/o
urinary bladder
35
urethr/o
urethra
36
neur/o or neur/i
nerves
37
encephal/o
brain
38
myel/o
spinal cord
39
ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o or opt/i
eyes
40
optic/o
sight
41
ot/o, aur/i, aur/o, audit/o or aud/i
ears
42
acoust/o or acous/o
external ear sound
43
dermat/o, derm/o or cutane/o
skin
44
adren/o
adrenals
45
gonad/o
gonads
46
pineal/o
pineal
47
pituit/o
pituitary
48
thyroid/o or thyr/o
thyroid
49
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, testicul/o
testes
50
ovari/o or oophor/o
ovaries
51
hyster/o, metr/o, metr/i, metri/o or uter/o
uterus
52
thel/o
nipple
53
aden/o
gland
