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Intro Med Roots
Introductory medical root terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADENO | Gland |
| CALCULI | Stone |
| CELE | Tumor, Cyst Hernia |
| CYTO | Cell |
| GLYCO | Sweet, Sugar |
| HOMEO, HOMO | Same, Similar, Like |
| LINGUA | Tongue |
| LIP | Fat |
| LITH | Stone |
| MADARO | Falling hair, falling |
| PSYCH | Mind |
| PYO | Pus |
| RADI | Rays |
| THERMIC | Heat |
| ARTHRO | Joint |
| CARPO | Wrist |
| CHONDRO | Musculoskeletal Cartilage |
| COSTA | Musculoskeletal Rib |
| CRANIO | Musculoskeletal Skull |
| DACTYL | Musculoskeletal Finger |
| ILI | Musculoskeletal Hip |
| MANUS | Hand |
| MYEL | Bone Marrow |
| MYO | Musculoskeletal Muscle |
| ORTHO | Straighten |
| OSTEO | Musculoskeletal Bone |
| PEDI | Foot |
| SPONDYL | Musculoskeletal Vertebra |
| CUTIS | Integumentary Skin |
| DENT | Integumentary Teeth |
| DERMA | Integumentary Skin |
| HAPSIA | Touch |
| ODONT | Integumentary Teeth |
| ONCO | Integumentary Tumor |
| ONYCHIA | Nail Beds |
| PEDICULAR | Lice, like little feet |
| PRURIGO | Itching |
| PSORA | Integumentary Itch |
| SARCO | Integumentary Flesh |
| SCLERO | Integumentary Hard |
| SQUAMA | Integumentary Scaly |
| TRICHO | Hair |
| CHOLE | Bile, Gall Bladder |
| COLON | Digestive Large Intestine |
| EMESIS | Digestive Vomiting |
| ENTERO | Intestine |
| GASTRO | Digestive Stomach |
| GLOSSO | Digestive Tongue |
| HEPAT | Liver |
| ILE | Digestive Ileum |
| LAPARO | Digestive Abdomen |
| MYXO | Mucus |
| PROCTO | Anus, Rectum |
| PYLORO | Pylorus, Gate Keeper |
| STOMA | Digestive Opening, Mouth |
| VISCERO | Body Organs |
| ANGIO | Vessel |
| AORTAL | Cardiovascular Aorta, Main Artery |
| ARTERIO | Artery |
| CARDIO | Heart |
| EMBOLI | Cardiovascular Vessel Obstruction |
| EMIA | Blood |
| HEMA, HEMO | Cardiovascular Blood |
| PHLEB | Vein |
| THROMBO | Blood Clot |
| VARICO | Cardiovascular Varicose Veins |
| VASO | Cardiovascular Blood Vessels |
| VENA | Cardiovascular Vein |
| VENTRICU | Cardiovascular Heart Cavity |
| ATRIA | Cardiovascular Atrium, Auricle, Heart Chamber |
| BRONCHO | Respiratory Bronchi, Airway |
| CILI | Respiratory Hairlike processes |
| ECTASIS | Respiratory Expansion |
| LARYNGO | Respiratory Larynx, Voice Box |
| NASO | Respiratory Nose |
| ORO | Respiratory Mouth |
| OXY | Respiratory Oxygen, Keen |
| PECTOR | Respiratory Breast, Chest |
| PLEURA | Respiratory Rib side, Rib side of lungs |
| PNEUMO | Respiratory Lungs |
| PTYSIS | Respiratory To spit |
| PULMO | Respiratory Lungs |
| RHIN | Respiratory Nose |
| TRACHEO | Respiratory Trachea, Windpipe |
| CREATININE | Urinary waste material in urine |
| CYSTO | Urinary Bladder |
| GLOMERULO | Urinary Nephron part, little ball |
| NEPHRO | Urinary Kidney |
| PERITONEO | Urinary Lining of the abdominal organs |
| PYELO | Urinary Pelvis |
| RENI | Urinary Kidney |
| URETERO | Urinary Ureter, tubes that pass urine from kidney to bladder |
| URETHRO | Urinary Urethra, tubes that pass urine from bladder out of body |
| URI | Urinary Urine |
| URIC | Urinary Pertaining to urine |
| URINA | Urinary Urine |
| URO | Urinary Urine |
| BULBO | Reproductive Bulb-like, bulbo urethral gland |
| CERVI | Reproductive Neck, uterus |
| GALACTO | Milk |
| GENITO | Reproductive Reproductive system |
| HYSTER | Reproductive Uterus |
| LACTIN | Reproductive Milk |
| MAST | Reproductive Breast |
| METR | Reproductive Uterus |
| NATAL | Reproductive Born |
| OOPHORO | Reproductive Ovary |
| ORCHIDO | Reproductive Testicle |
| OVA, OVI, OVO | Reproductive Egg |
| SALPING | Reproductive Tube, Fallopian |
| SPERMA, SPERMATO | Reproductive Seed |
| VAS | Reproductive Duct, Vessel |
| PEDIA | Reproductive Child |
| AUDIO | Neurosensory Sound |
| CEREBRO | Neurosensory Brain |
| ENCEPHALO | Neurosensory Brain |
| ESTHESIA | Neurosensory Sensation |
| MEDULLA | Neurosensory Brain middle Medulla oblongata controls respiration, vomiting, coughing, sneezing, swallowing |
| MENINGO | Neurosensory Membranes, spinal cord top between the two halves |
| NEURO | Neurosensory Nerves |
| OCCIPUT | Neurosensory Back of skull Occipital lobe allows the viewing of images in motion |
| OCULO | Neurosensory Eye |
| OPHTHALMO | Neurosensory Eye |
| OTO | Neurosensory Ear |
| PARIETES | Neurosensory Parietal, wall part Back middle of brain that receives info from skin, joints, muscles, organs |
| PONS | Neurosensory Bridges Located on top of (superior to) medulla oblongata |
| TEMPORA | Neurosensory Temporal Located near the ears Controls hearing, balance, emotion |
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