Medical Terminology Root Words A-Z Questions and Answers Graded A+

Medical Terminology Root Words A-Z Questions and Answers Graded A+ abdomin/o - ANS- abdomen abdominal acr/o - ANS- extremities aden/o - ANS- gland adenoid/o - ANS- adenoids adip/o - ANS- fat aer/o - ANS- air alb* - ANS- white albumin/o - ANS- albumin amni/o - ANS- amnion amyl/o - ANS- starch angi/o - ANS- vessel ankyl/o - ANS- crooked/fused anter/o - ANS- anterior/before/in front aort/o - ANS- aorta append(ic)/o - ANS- appendix arteri/o - ANS- artery arthr/o - ANS- joint articul/o - ANS- joint atel/o - ANS- imperfect ather/o - ANS- yellow, fatty plaque aur/i - ANS- ear bil/i - ANS- bile blast/o - ANS- embryonic form blephar/o - ANS- eyelid brachi/o - ANS- arm brachy - ANS- short eg. brachyesophagus bronch(i)/o - ANS- windpipe bucc/o - ANS- cheek burs/o - ANS- bursa calc/i - ANS- calcium calcane/o - ANS- heel carcin/o - ANS- cancer cardi/o - ANS- heart carp/o - ANS- carpus/wrist caud/o - ANS- tail cec/o - ANS- cecum cephal/o - ANS- head cerebr/o - ANS- brain cervic/o - ANS- neck chlor/o - ANS- green chol/e - ANS- bile cholecyst/o - ANS- gallbladder chondr/o - ANS- cartilage chori/o - ANS- fetal covering clavicul/o - ANS- clavicle coccyg/o - ANS- coccyx col/o - ANS- colon colp/o - ANS- hollow/vagina cost/o - ANS- rib crani/o - ANS- cranium/skull cry/o - ANS- cold crypt/o - ANS- hide/conceal cutane/o - ANS- skin cyan/o - ANS- blue cyst/o - ANS- cyst/bladder cyt/o (-cyte) - ANS- cell dactyl/o - ANS- finger/toe dent/i dent/o - ANS- teeth derm/a dermat/o - ANS- skin dextr/o - ANS- right dips/o - ANS- thirst disc/o - ANS- disc/disk dist/o - ANS- far/distant from origin dors/o - ANS- directed toward/on the back duoden/o - ANS- duodenum ech/o - ANS- sound electr/o - ANS- electricity encephal/o - ANS- brain enter/o - ANS- intestine ลำไส้ erythr/o - ANS- red esophag/o - ANS- esophagus หลอดอาหาร esthesi/o - ANS- feeling femor/o - ANS- femur fet/o - ANS- fetus fibr/o - ANS- fiber fibul/o - ANS- fibula front/o - ANS- forehead/front galact/o - ANS- milk gastr/o - ANS- stomach genit/o - ANS- genitals องคชาติ ger/o - ANS- old glomerul/o - ANS- glomerulus A glomerulus is a capillary tuft that is involved in the first step of filtering blood to form urine. A glomerulus is surrounded by Bowman's capsule,