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Therapeutic Careers - Vocab - Root words

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What root word means "front"?

a)

Anter/o

b)

Arthr/o

c)

Orth/o

d)

Poster/o

2.

What root word means "joint"?

a)

Anter/o

b)

Arthr/o

c)

Orth/o

d)

Oste/o

3.

What root word means "cartilage"?

a)

Chondr/o

b)

Cost/o

c)

Scoli/o

d)

Crani/o

4.

What root word means "rib"?

a)

Chondr/o

b)

Cost/o

c)

Crani/o

d)

Orth/o

5.

What root word means "skull"?

a)

Chondr/o

b)

Cost/o

c)

Crani/o

d)

Kines/o

6.

What root word means "backside of the body,closest to the spine"?

a)

Por/o

b)

Kines/o

c)

Infer/o

d)

Dors/o

7.

What root word means "below, beneath"?

a)

Medi/o

b)

Later/o

c)

Infer/o

d)

Kines/o

8.

What root word means "movement"?

a)

Kines/o

b)

Later/o

c)

Orth/o

d)

Oste/o

9.

What root word means "towards the side"?

a)

Por/o

b)

Later/o

c)

Medi/o

d)

Scoli/o

10.

What root word means "toward the middle"?

a)

Super/o

b)

Later/o

c)

Medi/o

d)

Infer/o

11.

What root word means "muscle"?

a)

Por/o

b)

My/o

c)

Oste/o

d)

Arthr/o

12.

What root word means "straight"?

a)

Arthr/o

b)

Orth/o

c)

Oste/o

d)

Chondr/o

13.

What root word means "bone"?

a)

Arthr/o

b)

Chondr/o

c)

My/o

d)

Oste/o

14.

What root word means "pore, small opening"?

a)

Por/o

b)

Cost/o

c)

Scoli/o

d)

Poster/o

15.

What root word means "back, toward the back of the body"?

a)

Super/o

b)

Infer/o

c)

Anter/o

d)

Poster/o

16.

What root word means "crooked, bent"?

a)

Scoli/o

b)

Oste/o

c)

Later/o

d)

Medi/o