Chapter 2 Root Words

Match the following

• fat

• adip/o

• abdomen

• abdomin/o

• arm

• brachi/o

• front

• cardi/o

• heart

• anter/o

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• skull

• caud/o

• head

• cervic/o

• cartilage

• cephal/o

• tail

• chondr/o

• neck

• crani/o

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• leg

• hemat/o

• To secrete

• crur/o

• skin

• cyt/o

• cell

• dermat/o

• blood

• crin/o

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• away from

• dist/o

• intestine

• enter/o

• epithelium

• epitheli/o

• back

• dors/o

• skin

• dermat/o

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• tissue

• immun/o

• female

• gynec/o

• buttock

• gastr/o

• stomach

• hist/o

• immune

• glute/o

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• larynx

• infer/o

• below

• laryng/o

• lymph

• later/o

• side

• lumb/o

• loin

• lymph/o

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• nerve

• neur/o

• middle

• ophthalm/o

• muscle

• muscul/o

• eye

• nephr/o

• kidney

• medi/o

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• pelvis

• pelv/o

• back

• ot/o

• peritoneum

• pleur/o

• ear

• peritone/o

• pleura

• poster/o

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• near

• rhin/o

• lung

• pulmon/o

• nose

• proxim/o

• genital region

• pub/o

• anus

• proct/o

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• chest

• super/o

• urine

• vascul/o

• above

• ur/o

• spinal

• spin/o

• vessel

• thorac/o