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Chapter 2 Root Words
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast, throw |
cervic/o | neck(of the body or of the uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage(type of connective tissue) |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx(tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium(part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
thorac/o | chest |
thel/o | nipple |
poster/o | back, behind |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back(side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
medi/o | middle |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
sacr/o | sacrum |
proxim/o | nearest |