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Root words#4
root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phren | diaphragm |
| pleuro | pleura(membranes that enfolds lungs) |
| pneumo | respiration of air |
| procto | anus or rectum |
| pulmo | lung |
| pyel or pyelo | pelvis or kidney |
| platy | flat |
| poly | many |
| pseudo | false |
| pus | inflammatory fluid |
| pyo | pus |
| rhino | nose |
| soma or somato | body |
| sterno | breast bone |
| saccharo | sugar |
| sacro | fleshy |
| sclero | hard |
| scolio | twisted or crooked |
| sinistro | left |
| sperm | semen |
| steno | narrow |
| sudor | sweat |
| talus | ankle |
| tarso | instep of thorax |
| thymo | thymus gland |
| thyro | thyroid gland |
| tracheo | trachea |
| tachy | fast |
| thermo | warm |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| ventro | belly-anterior aspect of body |
| vena | vein |
| vesico | bladder |
| viscera | organs of body |