WorksheetsBIO 220 Comprehensive Root Words S through Z
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 35mins
sacr/o
bag, purse
sacrum
salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tubes, auditory tube (eustachian tube)
urinary (renal) tubes, digestive (gastric) tubes
sanguin/o
blood
drainage
sarc/o
turn down
flesh
scapul/o
scalpel
scapula
schiz/o
mind
split
scler/o
hard
scar
scoli/o
crooked
carved
seb/o
blood
oil
sect/o
to cut
section
sept/o
separate
septum
septic/o
infection
scepter
sialaden/o
adrenal gland
salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
sigmoid column
sinus/o
record
sinus
soci/o
mind
society
somat/o
body
liver
somn/o
scant
sleep
son/o
child
sound
specul/o
small, tiny
to look at
spermat/o
spiral
sperm
sphygm/o
pressure
pulse
spin/o
spine
to turn
spir/o
breathing
twisting
splen/o
enlarged
spleen
spondyl/o
reproduce
vertebrae
stern/o
firm, hard
sternum
steth/o
chest
fast
stigmat/o
lessen
point
super/o
above
great
synovi/o
similar
synovial membrane
system/o
all
system
tars/o
brown, black
tarsus
ten/o
symbol
tendon
tenacul/o
to hold
to pull apart
testicul/o
assessment
testicle
theli/o
nipple
sensation
therm/o
contain
heat
thorac/o
chest
through
thromb/o
clot
throb
thyr/o
to turn
thyroid
tibi/o
covering
tibia
tom/o
to beat
to cut
ton/o
measure
tone
tonsill/o
secret
tonsils
topic/o
a part of
a specific area
tox/o
device
poison
trache/o
parallel
trachea
trich/o
hair
ruse
tuss/o
cough
struggle
tympan/o
time
tympanic membrane
uln/o
one
ulna
ungu/o
nail
unique
ur/o
action
urine
ureter/o
urine
ureter
urethr/o
to reach
urethra
uter/o
to turn
uterus
vagin/o
vagrant
vagina
valv/o
value
valve
varic/o
dilated vein
diversity
vascul/o
blood vessel
vacuum
ventr/o
belly, front
horizontal
ventricul/o
sound
ventricle
vers/o
rhythm
to turn
vertebr/o
change back
vertebra
vesic/o
sac, bladder
vessel
viscer/o
internal organ
to tighten
vitre/o
glassy
outside
xer/o
dry
oily
