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CHAPTER 2 MED-TERMS
Common Anatomical Roots
Term | Definition |
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SPLEN/0 | SPLEEN |
ABDOMEN/O | ABDOMEN |
THORAC/O | CHEST |
PATH/O | DISEASE |
LARYNG/O | LARYNX / VOICE BOX |
ADREN/O | ADREANAL GLAND |
GASTR/O | STOMACH |
THYROID/O | THYROID GLAND |
CARDI/O | HEART |
CYT/O | CELL |
AXILL/O | ARMPIT |
ENTER/O | SMALL INTESTINE |
VISCER/O | INTERNAL ORGANS |
OSTE/O | BONE |
RECT/O | RECTUM |
LYMPH/O | CLEAR FLUID IN LYMPHATIC VESSELS |
GYNEC/O | FEMALE |
CYST/O | BLADDER |
PROSTAT/O | PROSTATE |
VUVL/O | VUVLVA / EXTERNAL GENITALIA |
AN/O | ANUS |
TRACHE/O | TRACHEA / WINDPIPE |
LIP/O | FAT |
ADIP/O | FAT |
URETER/O | URETERS |
HEPAT/O | LIVER |
ENCEPHAL/O | BRIAN |
CEREBR/O | BRAIN |
OTHLAM/O | EYE |
OCUL/O | EYE |
VEN/O | VEIN |
PHLEB/O | VIEN |
SAPLING/O | FALLOPIAN TUBE / UTERINE TUBE |
VAS/O | VESSEL |
ANGI/O | VESSEL |
VASCUL/O | VESSEL |
OR/O | MOUTH |
STOMAT/O | MOUTH |
PHARYG/O | PHARYNX / THROAT |
REN/O | KIDNEY |
NEPHR/O | KIDNEY |
URETHR/O | URETHRA |
MAST/O | BREAST |
MAMM/O | BREAST |
CILI/O | HAIR |
PIL/O | HAIR |
TEND/O | TENDON |
TENDIN/O | TENDON |
NAS/O | NOSE |
RHIN/O | NOSE |
MY/O | MUSCLE |
MUSCUL/O | MUSCLE |
LYMPHANGI/O | LYMPH VESSLES |
ADENIOD/O | ADENOIDS |
BLEPHER/O | EYELID |
ONCH/O | NAIL |
UNGU/O | NAIL |
BI/O | LIFE |
MYEL/O | SPINAL CHORD / BONE MARROW |
TONSIL/O | TONSIL |
HEM/O | BLOOD |
HEMAT/O | BLOOD |
ADEN/O | GLAND |
UTER/O | UTERUS |
HYSTER/O | UTERUS |
METR/O | UTERUS |
CHIEL/O | LIPS |
PHREN/O | DIAPHRAM |
LYMPHADEN/O | LYMPH GLAND / LYMPH NODES |
COLP/O | VAGINA |
VAGIN/O | VAGINA |
ORPHOR/O | OVARY |
OVARI/O | OVARY |
ADENOID/O | ADENOIDS |
PHUEM/O | LUNG |
PHEUMON/O | LUNG |
PULMAN/O | LUNG |
HIST/O | TISSUE |
HISTI/O | TISSUE |
CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
GLOSS/O | TONGUE |
LINGU/O | TONGUE |
ORCHID/O | TESTIS / TESTICLES |
TEST/O | TESTIS / TESTICLES |
COL/O | COLON |
VAS/O | DUCTUS DIFERENS / VAS DEFERENS |
BRONCH/O | BRONCHUS |
CERVIC/O | NECK |
ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
DERM/O | SKIN |
DERMAT/O | SKIN |
CUTANE/O | SKIN |
PHARYNG/ | PHARYNX / THROAT |
ESOPHAG/O | ESOPHAGUS |
OT/O | EAR |
NEUR/O | NERVE |
CHONDR/O | CARTILAGE |
PITUITAR/O | PITITUARY GLAND |
ARTHR/O | JOINT |
CONNECTIVE TISSUE | SUPPORTS 2ND SHAPE, SHAPES BODY, KEEPS STRUCTURE IN PLACE |
NERVOUS TISSUE | MAKES NERVES THAT CONDUCT ELECTRICAL IMPULSES THROUGHOUT THE BODY |
MUSCLE TISSUE | CREATES MOVEMENT / TAKES NAME FROM LOCATION IN THE BODY |
EPITHITHILIAL TISSUE | COVERS EXTERNAL SURFACES OF THE BODY / LINES STRUCTURE AND KEEPS THE BODY IN PLACE |