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HHS Root Words
Common Root Words
Question | Answer |
---|---|
acr/o | extremities |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | arterio |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | wrist |
cerebr/o | brain |
cervic/o | neck |
chrondr/o | cartilage |
col/o | large intestines/colon |
cost/o | ribs |
cyst/o | sac/bladder |
cyte | cell |
enter/o | small intestines |
gastr/o | stomach |
hemo/hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hyster/o | uterus |
lapar/o | abdomen |
trachi | trachea (wind pipe) |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
later/o | side |
lip/o | fat |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
medial | middle |
myel/o | spinal cord/bone marrow |
my/o | muscle |
nas/o | nose |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
oophor/o | ovary |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
plegi/a | paralysis |
pneum/o | lung/air |
proct/o | rectum |
rhin/o | nose |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
tend/o | tendon |
thorac/o | chest |