Med Term 2nd Edition Root Words
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- gastr/o
- stomach
- cardi/o
- heart
- arthr/o
- joint
- dermat/o
- skin
- hemat/o
- blood
- leuk/o
- white
- cyan/o
- blue or bluish
- erythr/o
- red
- melan/o
- black
- xanth/o
- yellow
- eosin/o
- red or rosey
- encephal/o
- brain
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- clavicul/o
- clavicle
- coccyg/o
- coccyx or tailbone
- cost/o
- rib
- crani/o
- skull
- kyph/o
- humpback
- lamin/o
- lamina, thin flat plate, part of vertebral arch
- lord/o
- swayback
- lumb/o
- lowerback
- metacarp/o
- handbones
- metatars/o
- footbones
- myel/o
- bone marrow or spinal card
- my/o
- muscle
- myos/o
- muscle
- muscul/o
- muscle
- oste/o
- bone
- pelv/o
- pelvis or hipbone
- rhin/o
- nose
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- scoli/o
- crooked, bent, twisted
- spondyl/o
- vertebra
- stern/o
- sternum or breastbone
- ten/o
- tendon
- tendin/o
- tendon
- vertebr/o
- vertebra
- articul/o
- joint
- ligament/o
- ligament
- leiomy/o
- smooth muscle
- tend/o
- tendon
- rhabdomy/o
- skeletal muscle
- fibr/o
- band of fibrous tissue
- burs/o
- bursae sac, bursa
- bucc/o
- cheek
- ankyl/o
- stiff
- electr/o
- electricity
- angi/o
- vessel
- aort/o
- aorta
- arteri/o
- artery
- arteriol/o
- arteriole
- ather/o
- fatty plaque
- coron/o
- heart
- ech/o
- sound
- ischi/o
- deficiency, bloackage
- man/o
- pressure
- necr/o
- death
- phleb/o
- vein
- sphygm/o
- pulse
- steth/o
- chest
- thromb/o
- clot
- ven/o
- vein
- venul/o
- venule
- col/o
- colon, large intestine
- colon/o
- colon, large intestine
- or/o
- mouth
- stomat/o
- mouth
- esophag/o
- esophagus
- duoden/o
- duodenum
- ile/o
- ileum
- an/o
- anus
- bil/o
- bile
- chol/o
- bile
- hepat/o
- liver
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- pancreat/o
- pancreas
- proct/o
- rectum
- rect/o
- rectum
- lip/o
- fat
- sigmoid/o
- sigmoid colon
- enter/o
- small intestine
- cyt/o
- cell
- gluc/o
- sugar
- glyc/o
- sugar
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- pharyng/o
- pharynx
- lith/o
- stone
- lapar/o
- abdominal wall
- cholecyst/o
- gall bladder