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General body word roots chap 1&4 & 5 for Mod 1 DONE
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |