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1. Derm/o Skin
2. Dermat/o Skin
3. Hidr/o sweat, perspiration
4. Kerat/o keratin, horny layer of skin
5. Melan/o dark, black, melanin
6. Onych/o nail
7. Seb/o sebum, sebaceous gland
8. Trich/o hair
9. Arthr/o joint
10. Burs/o bursa, sac of fluid near joint
11. Chondr/o cartilage
12. Erg/o work
13. Fasci/o fascia
14. Kin/o, kinesi/o movement
15. Muscul/o muscle
16. My/o muscle
17. Myel/o bone marrow, spinal cord
18. Oste/o bone
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19. Synov/i synovial fluid, joint,
or membrane
20. Ten/o, tendin/o tendon
21. Ton/o tone; pressure
22. base of the word is the root
con- sidered the
23. Bronch/o bronchus
24. Laryng/o larynx
25. Pharyng/o pharynx
26. Phren/o diaphragm
27. Phrenic/o phrenic nerve
28. Pleur/o pleura
29. Pneumon/o lung
30. Pneum/o, pneumat/o air, gas; respiration, lung
31. Pulm/o, pulmon/o lungs
32. Rhin/o nose
33. Spir/o breathing
34. Trache/o trachea
35. Erythr/o, erythrocyt/o red blood cell
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36. Hem/o, hemat/o blood
37. Immun/o immunity, immune system
38. Leuk/o, leukocyt/o white blood cell
39. Lymph/o lymph, lymphatic system
40. Lymphaden/o lymph node
41. Lymphangi/o lymphatic vessel
42. Splen/o spleen
43. Thromb/o blood clot
44. Thrombocyt/o platelet, thrombocyte
45. Thym/o thymus gland
46. Tonsil/o tonsil
47. Angi/o vessel
48. Aort/o aorta
49. Arter/o, arteri/o artery
50. Arteriol/o arteriole
51. Atri/o atrium
52. Cardi/o heart
53. Phleb/o vein