Chapter 2 Root Words

Match the following

• front

• anter/o

• fat

• abdomin/o

• arm

• adip/o

• abdomen

• cardi/o

• heart

• brachi/o

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• head

• caud/o

• neck

• cervic/o

• cartilage

• cephal/o

• tail

• crani/o

• skull

• chondr/o

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• cell

• crin/o

• To secrete

• cyt/o

• leg

• dermat/o

• blood

• crur/o

• skin

• hemat/o

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• skin

• epitheli/o

• epithelium

• dist/o

• back

• dors/o

• intestine

• enter/o

• away from

• dermat/o

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• buttock

• gastr/o

• stomach

• glute/o

• tissue

• hist/o

• immune

• immun/o

• female

• gynec/o

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• larynx

• laryng/o

• side

• later/o

• lymph

• infer/o

• loin

• lumb/o

• below

• lymph/o

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• eye

• medi/o

• nerve

• neur/o

• kidney

• nephr/o

• muscle

• ophthalm/o

• middle

• muscul/o

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• pleura

• poster/o

• ear

• peritone/o

• pelvis

• pleur/o

• peritoneum

• ot/o

• back

• pelv/o

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• nose

• pulmon/o

• lung

• proct/o

• genital region

• rhin/o

• near

• pub/o

• anus

• proxim/o

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• above

• vascul/o

• spinal

• thorac/o

• vessel

• ur/o

• chest

• spin/o

• urine

• super/o