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WCC Body Parts
WCC Latin Terms
| English term | Latin term |
|---|---|
| Bone | osteo,osse, ossi |
| Joint | arthro |
| Cartilage | chondro |
| muscle | myo |
| fascia | fasci, fasco |
| tendon | teno, tendo, tendino |
| heart | cardio |
| artery | arterio |
| vein | veno, phlebo |
| blood | hemo, hemato |
| lymph vessels | lympho |
| tonsils | tonsillo |
| spleen | spleno |
| thymus | thymo |
| nose or nares | naso, rhino |
| pharynx | pharyngo |
| trachea | tracheo |
| larynx | laryngo |
| lungs | pneumo, pneumono |
| mouth | oro, stomato |
| esophagus | esophago |
| stomach | gastro |
| small intestine | entero |
| large intestine | colo, colono |
| liver | hepato |
| pancreas | pancreato |
| kidneys | reno, nephro |
| ureters | uretero |
| urinary bladder | cysto |
| urethra | urethro |
| nerves | neuro, neuri |
| brain | encephalo |
| spinal cord | myelo |
| eyes | opthalmo, oculo, opto, opti |
| sight | optico |
| ears | oto, auri, auro |
| skin | dermato, dermo, cutaneo |
| adrenals | adreno |
| gonads | gonado |
| pineal | pinealo |
| pituitary | pituito |
| thyroid | thyroido |
| testes | orcho, orchio, orchido, testiculo |
| ovaries | ovario, oophoro |
| uterus | hystero, metro, metri, metrio, utero |
| eyelid, eyelash | blephar/o |
| tooth, toothlike | dent/i, dent/o |
| tongue | lingu/o |
| nails | onych/o |
| mouth | or/o |
| rib | cost/o |
| breast | mast/o |
| nose | nas/o |
| glands | aden/o |
| heart | cardi/o |
| neck | cervic/o |
| lip | labi/o |
| breast | mamm/a |
| resembles hair | pil/o |
| foot | pod/o |
| edge of eye or instep of foot | tars/o |
| cord (ex: spinal) | chord/o |
| duodeneum or small intestine | duoden/o |
| fibers | fibr/o |
| womb or uterus | hyster/o |
| lieum (small intestine) | ile/o |
| illiac (pelvis) | ili/o |
| jejunum | jejun/o |
| larynx | laryng/o |
| lymph | lymph/o |
| womb or uterus | metr/a metr/o |
| palate | palat/o |
| pleura (rib) | pleur/o |
| lungs | pulm/o |
| renal pelvis | pyel/o |
| rectum | rect/o |
| spleen | splen/o |
| spine | spondyl/o |
| tendons | tend/o |
| thymus gland | thym/o |
| thyroid | thyr/o |
| ureter (tube from kidney to bladder) | ureter/o |
| vein | ven/e, i, o |
| bladder | vesic/o |
| internal organs | vescer/o |
| hearing | audi/o |