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Body Systems I
Musculoskeletal, Integumentary, Circulatory, Respiratory, Nervous
| melan/o | black |
| -phobia | excessive fear |
| -stasis | to stop |
| angi/o | vessel |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| seb/o, sebace/o | sebum |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| -cyte | cell |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| ven/o, phleb/o | vein |
| -mania | obsessive occupation |
| oste/o | bone |
| brady- | slow |
| cutane/o, dermat/o, derm/o | skin |
| cardi/o | heart |
| arthr/o | joint, articulation |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
| tachy- | fast |
| hidr/o | sweat glands |
| sarc/o | muscular substance, resembling flesh |
| rhin/o | nose |
| epi- | over, above |
| hem/o, -emia | blood |
| steth/o | chest |
| histi/o, hist/o | tissue |
| neur/i, neur/o | nerves |
| vas/o, vascul/o | blood vessel |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus or bronchi |
| seb/o | sebaceous glands |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | indicating the lungs, air, gas or breathing |
| orth/o | straight |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| plasm/o, plasmat/o | plasma, the liquid part of the blood |