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Anatomical Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdominal |
| acr/o | extremities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o, | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anter/o | front, anterior |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| audi/o | sound |
| bronchi/o, | bronch/o bronchus |
| calc/o | calicum |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o, | colon/o colon |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o, | glyc/o sugar, glucose |
| hema, | hemat/o, hem/o blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| lapar/o | abdominal |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| latr/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| melan/o | black |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| my/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| odont/o | teeth |
| olig/o | scanty, little |
| ophthalm/o, | ocul/o, opt/o eye |
| or/o, | stomat/o mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o, | pelv/i pelvis |
| phalang/o | fingers and toes |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lung |
| poster/o | back (of body), behind, posterior |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| py/o | pus |
| radi/o | x-rays, radiation |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scler/o | hardening, white of eye |
| tend/o | tendons |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| toxic/o, | tox/o poison |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ur/o | urine |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
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