Chapter 2 Root Words

Match the following

• front

• abdomin/o

• abdomen

• cardi/o

• heart

• anter/o

• arm

• brachi/o

• fat

• adip/o

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• cartilage

• chondr/o

• neck

• cervic/o

• skull

• caud/o

• tail

• cephal/o

• head

• crani/o

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• cell

• crur/o

• leg

• cyt/o

• blood

• crin/o

• skin

• hemat/o

• To secrete

• dermat/o

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• away from

• dors/o

• epithelium

• dermat/o

• back

• enter/o

• intestine

• epitheli/o

• skin

• dist/o

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• tissue

• immun/o

• buttock

• glute/o

• stomach

• gynec/o

• immune

• hist/o

• female

• gastr/o

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• below

• infer/o

• larynx

• lumb/o

• lymph

• lymph/o

• loin

• laryng/o

• side

• later/o

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• middle

• neur/o

• kidney

• medi/o

• muscle

• nephr/o

• nerve

• muscul/o

• eye

• ophthalm/o

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• ear

• pleur/o

• peritoneum

• pelv/o

• pleura

• peritone/o

• pelvis

• ot/o

• back

• poster/o

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• nose

• pub/o

• lung

• rhin/o

• genital region

• proxim/o

• anus

• pulmon/o

• near

• proct/o

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• above

• super/o

• vessel

• thorac/o

• chest

• ur/o

• urine

• vascul/o

• spinal

• spin/o