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  • What root means vertebra?
    vertebr/o
  • Dist/o means_____________
    away from
  • What root means tail?
    caud/o
  • medi/o means________________
    middle
  • What root means nose?
    rhin/o
  • vascul/o means__________________
    blood vessel
  • infer/o means_________________
    below
  • gastr/o means____________
    stomach
  • What root means epithelium?
    epitheli/o
  • What root means rectum and anus?
    proct/o
  • glute/o means__________________
    buttock
  • What root means small intestine?
    small intestine
  • What root means urine?
    ur/o
  • What root means spine?
    spin/o
  • anter/o means_____________
    front
  • laryng/o means______________________
    larynx
  • dors/o means______________
    back of body
  • What root means heart?
    cardi/o
  • What root means blood?
    hemat/o
  • Cephal/o means ___________________
    head
  • What root means lung?
    pulmon/o
  • gynec/o means________________
    woman, female
  • What is the root for cell?
    cyt/o
  • What does crur/o mean?
    leg (shin)
  • What root means cartilage?
    chondr/o
  • What is the root for fat?
    adip/o
  • pelv/o means____________________
    pelvis
  • cervic/o means_________________
    neck
  • What root means kidney?
    nephr/o
  • What root means tissue?
    hist/o
  • pub/o means_____________________
    pubic (genital region)
  • What root means pleura?
    pleur/o
  • What does the root crin/o mean?
    to secrete
  • What root means peritoneum?
    peritone/o
  • What root means skin?
    dermat/o
  • ventr/o means______________
    belly
  • What is the root for abdomen?
    abdomin/o
  • ophthalm/o means______________
    eye
  • immun/o means______________
    protection
  • What root means lymph?
    lymph/o
  • What root means skull?
    crani/o
  • proxim/o means__________________
    near to
  • brachi/o means________________
    arm
  • What root means nerve?
    neur/o
  • What root means loin?
    lumb/o
  • ot/o means____________
    ear
  • super/o means__________________
    above
  • What root means side?
    later/o
  • muscul/o means________________
    muscle
  • poster/o means_________________
    back
  • thorac/o means________________
    chest (thorax)