Chapter 2 Root Words

Match the following

• heart

• adip/o

• abdomen

• abdomin/o

• front

• anter/o

• arm

• brachi/o

• fat

• cardi/o

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• neck

• chondr/o

• tail

• cephal/o

• head

• caud/o

• cartilage

• cervic/o

• skull

• crani/o

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• cell

• cyt/o

• leg

• crin/o

• To secrete

• dermat/o

• skin

• crur/o

• blood

• hemat/o

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• back

• dors/o

• skin

• epitheli/o

• intestine

• dist/o

• epithelium

• dermat/o

• away from

• enter/o

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• buttock

• gastr/o

• stomach

• hist/o

• female

• immun/o

• immune

• glute/o

• tissue

• gynec/o

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• side

• infer/o

• below

• laryng/o

• lymph

• lymph/o

• larynx

• later/o

• loin

• lumb/o

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• kidney

• muscul/o

• middle

• neur/o

• nerve

• medi/o

• eye

• nephr/o

• muscle

• ophthalm/o

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• pelvis

• poster/o

• peritoneum

• ot/o

• back

• pelv/o

• pleura

• pleur/o

• ear

• peritone/o

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• near

• pulmon/o

• genital region

• proxim/o

• lung

• proct/o

• nose

• rhin/o

• anus

• pub/o

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• urine

• ur/o

• vessel

• vascul/o

• spinal

• super/o

• above

• thorac/o

• chest

• spin/o