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HHS Know Root Words
Must know Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cyt/o, -cyte | cell |
| Crani/o | skull |
| Dors/o | back |
| Later/o | side |
| Anter/o | anterior, front |
| Poster/o | posterior, back |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Pelv/o | pelvis |
| Spin/o | spine |
| Thorac/o | chest |
| Umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| Albin/o, Leuk/o | white |
| Cirrh/o, Jaund/o | yellow |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Melan/o | black |
| Acr/0 | extremity |
| Path/o | disease |
| Somat/o | body |
| Viscer/o | internal organs |
| Adip/o, Lip/o | fat |
| Cutane, Derm/o, Dermat/o | skin |
| Hidr/o, Sudor/o | sweat |
| Kerat/o | hard, horny tissue |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| Onych/o, Ungu/o | nail |
| Pil/o, Trich/o | hair |
| Squam/o | scale |
| Xen/o | foreign, strange |
| Xer/o | dry |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Cerebro/o, Encephal/o | brain |
| Cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| Cost/o | rib |
| Hem/o, Hemat/o | blood |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Ren/o, Nephr/o | Kidneys |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
| My/o | Muscles |
| Nas/o, Rhin/o | Nose |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Pharyng/o | Throat |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
| Trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| Ven/o, phleb/o | Vein |
| Angi/o | Vessel |
| Pleur/o | pleura |
| Pulmon/o | Lung |
| Phag/o | eating, swallowing |
| Plas/o | Formation, growth |
| Thromb/o | blood clot |
| Ather/o | Fatty plaque |
| Scler/o | Hardening |
| Sten/o | Narrowing, stricture |
| Epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| Ox/o, Ox/i | Oxygen |