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Internal Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| angi/o | vessel,usually a blood vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atril/o | atrium or upper heart chamber |
| bronch/i | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiolus |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum part of the brain |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum part of the brain |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| encephala/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hyster/o, metr/a | uterus |
| kerat/o | cornea of the eye |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lymph/o | lymph nodes or lymphatic vessels |
| mening/o | membranes covering the brain and spinal chord |
| my/o | muscle |
| nephr/o, pyel/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve, nerves, nervous system |
| oophor/o, ovary/o | ovary |
| orchi/o | testis, testis |
| oss/eo, oss/i, ost/e, ost/eo | bone or bones |
| palat/o | palate (roof of mouth) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phleb/o, ven/o, viscer/o | vein or veins |
| pluer/o | pluera |
| pneum/o, pulm/o | lungs |
| proct/o | rectum or anus |
| saCR/o | saCRum |
| saRC/o | flesh or muscular substance |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra, spinal column |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tend/o, ten/o, tenot/o | tendon |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| trache/o | trachea |
| ureter/o | ureter (kidney to bladder tube) |
| urethr/o | urethra (bladder to outside) |
| vas/o | vessel or duct |