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BIO 220 Comprehensive Root Words S through Z

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

sacr/o

a)

bag, purse

b)

sacrum

2.

salping/o

a)

uterine (fallopian) tubes, auditory tube (eustachian tube)

b)

urinary (renal) tubes, digestive (gastric) tubes

3.

sanguin/o

a)

blood

b)

drainage

4.

sarc/o

a)

turn down

b)

flesh

5.

scapul/o

a)

scalpel

b)

scapula

6.

schiz/o

a)

mind

b)

split

7.

scler/o

a)

hard

b)

scar

8.

scoli/o

a)

crooked

b)

carved

9.

seb/o

a)

blood

b)

oil

10.

sect/o

a)

to cut

b)

section

11.

sept/o

a)

separate

b)

septum

12.

septic/o

a)

infection

b)

scepter

13.

sialaden/o

a)

adrenal gland

b)

salivary gland

14.

sigmoid/o

a)

sigmoid colon

b)

sigmoid column

15.

sinus/o

a)

record

b)

sinus

16.

soci/o

a)

mind

b)

society

17.

somat/o

a)

body

b)

liver

18.

somn/o

a)

scant

b)

sleep

19.

son/o

a)

child

b)

sound

20.

specul/o

a)

small, tiny

b)

to look at

21.

spermat/o

a)

spiral

b)

sperm

22.

sphygm/o

a)

pressure

b)

pulse

23.

spin/o

a)

spine

b)

to turn

24.

spir/o

a)

breathing

b)

twisting

25.

splen/o

a)

enlarged

b)

spleen

26.

spondyl/o

a)

reproduce

b)

vertebrae

27.

stern/o

a)

firm, hard

b)

sternum

28.

steth/o

a)

chest

b)

fast

29.

stigmat/o

a)

lessen

b)

point

30.

super/o

a)

above

b)

great

31.

synovi/o

a)

similar

b)

synovial membrane

32.

system/o

a)

all

b)

system

33.

tars/o

a)

brown, black

b)

tarsus

34.

ten/o

a)

symbol

b)

tendon

35.

tenacul/o

a)

to hold

b)

to pull apart

36.

testicul/o

a)

assessment

b)

testicle

37.

theli/o

a)

nipple

b)

sensation

38.

therm/o

a)

contain

b)

heat

39.

thorac/o

a)

chest

b)

through

40.

thromb/o

a)

clot

b)

throb

41.

thyr/o

a)

to turn

b)

thyroid

42.

tibi/o

a)

covering

b)

tibia

43.

tom/o

a)

to beat

b)

to cut

44.

ton/o

a)

measure

b)

tone

45.

tonsill/o

a)

secret

b)

tonsils

46.

topic/o

a)

a part of

b)

a specific area

47.

tox/o

a)

device

b)

poison

48.

trache/o

a)

parallel

b)

trachea

49.

trich/o

a)

hair

b)

ruse

50.

tuss/o

a)

cough

b)

struggle

51.

tympan/o

a)

time

b)

tympanic membrane

52.

uln/o

a)

one

b)

ulna

53.

ungu/o

a)

nail

b)

unique

54.

ur/o

a)

action

b)

urine

55.

ureter/o

a)

urine

b)

ureter

56.

urethr/o

a)

to reach

b)

urethra

57.

uter/o

a)

to turn

b)

uterus

58.

vagin/o

a)

vagrant

b)

vagina

59.

valv/o

a)

value

b)

valve

60.

varic/o

a)

dilated vein

b)

diversity

61.

vascul/o

a)

blood vessel

b)

vacuum

62.

ventr/o

a)

belly, front

b)

horizontal

63.

ventricul/o

a)

sound

b)

ventricle

64.

vers/o

a)

rhythm

b)

to turn

65.

vertebr/o

a)

change back

b)

vertebra

66.

vesic/o

a)

sac, bladder

b)

vessel

67.

viscer/o

a)

internal organ

b)

to tighten

68.

vitre/o

a)

glassy

b)

outside

69.

xer/o

a)

dry

b)

oily