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General body word roots chap 1&4 & 5 for Mod 1 DONE
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o lapar/o ceil/o | abdomen |
adip/o lip/o | fat;fatty |
anter/o | front |
chondr/o | cartilage |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dors/o | back |
gastr/o | stomach |
hist/o | tissue |
inguin/o | groin |
later/o | side;away from the midline |
lumb/o | low back;loin |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back |
proxim/o | near |
spin/o | spine |
thorac/o | chest |
umbilic/o | navel |
ventr/o | front side; belly |
viscer/o | internal organs |
cut/o cutane/o | skin |
derm/o dermat/o | skin |
hidr/o | sweat |
kerat/o | horny; tissue;hard |
melan/o | black |
myc/o | fungus |
onych/o ungu/o | nail |
pachy/o | thick |
pil/o | hair |
rhytid/o | wrinkles |
seb/o | sebum |
squam/o | scale |
sud/o | sweat |
trich/o | hair |
xer/o | dry |
carcin/o | cancer |
angi/o | vessel |
sarc/o | flesh |
ankyl/o | stiff; mobile |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
burs/o | bursa |
bucc/o | cheek |
carp/o | wrist bones |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle;collarbone |
coccyg/o | coccyx; tailbone |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
electr/o | electricity |
fasci/o | band of fibrous tissue |
femor/o | femur; thighbone |
fibr/o | fiber |
fibul/o | fibula; outer lower leg bone |
humer/o | humerus; upper arm bone |
ili/o | ilium; pelvic bone, upper section |
ischi/o | ischium; pelvic bone, lower section |
kuph/o | outward curvature of the spine; pertaining to a hump |
lamin/o | lamina |
ligament/o | ligament |
lord/o | forward curvature of the spine; swayback |
lumb/o | lower back |
mandibul/o | mandible; lower jawbone |
maxill/o | maxilla; upper jawbone |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
metatars/o | foot bones |
myel/o | bone marrow |
my/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
kinesi/o | movement |
ton/o | tension |
thec/o | sheath |
patell/o | patella; kneecap |
pect/o pector/o | cheat |
ped/o | foot |
pelv/i | pelvis |
phalang/o | finger and toe bones |
pubi/o pub/o | pubis; pelvic bone,anterior section |
radi/o | radius; outer lower arm bone |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapula/o | scapula; shoulder blade |
scoli/o | lateral curvature of the spine; crooked; bent |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
stern/o | sternum; breastbone |
tars/o | ankle bones |
ten/o tendin/o | tendon |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle |
tenosynov/o | tendon sheath |
py/o | pus |