Chapter 2 Root Words

Match the following

• abdomen

• adip/o

• fat

• anter/o

• arm

• cardi/o

• front

• abdomin/o

• heart

• brachi/o

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• neck

• chondr/o

• cartilage

• cervic/o

• tail

• cephal/o

• skull

• crani/o

• head

• caud/o

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• blood

• crur/o

• leg

• crin/o

• To secrete

• dermat/o

• cell

• hemat/o

• skin

• cyt/o

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• skin

• epitheli/o

• back

• enter/o

• away from

• dist/o

• epithelium

• dermat/o

• intestine

• dors/o

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• stomach

• glute/o

• immune

• hist/o

• buttock

• immun/o

• female

• gynec/o

• tissue

• gastr/o

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• larynx

• laryng/o

• loin

• lymph/o

• below

• later/o

• side

• lumb/o

• lymph

• infer/o

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• middle

• ophthalm/o

• nerve

• nephr/o

• muscle

• neur/o

• kidney

• muscul/o

• eye

• medi/o

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• pleura

• pelv/o

• pelvis

• ot/o

• peritoneum

• peritone/o

• ear

• pleur/o

• back

• poster/o

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• anus

• proxim/o

• genital region

• proct/o

• near

• pulmon/o

• lung

• pub/o

• nose

• rhin/o

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• spinal

• spin/o

• vessel

• ur/o

• urine

• thorac/o

• chest

• super/o

• above

• vascul/o