Roots

Cardi/o

heart

Brady/o, tachy/o

slow/fast

Angi/o

vessel

Cephal/o

Head

Encephal/o

Inside the head (brain)

Mening/o

Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Myel/o

Spinal cord, Bone Marrow

Neur/o

Nerve

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Chol/e

Gall, bile

Cyst/o

Bladder, sac

Emes/o

Vomit

Lith/o

Stone

Lapar/o

Abdominal wall

Rhin/o

Nose

Laryng/o

Larynx, "voice box

Trache/o

Trachea, "windpipe

Bronch/o

Lung air passageways

Nephr/o, rene/o

Kidney

Hydr/o

Water

Pyel/o

Renal collecting ducts

Ur/o

Urine

Olig/o

Scanty, less than normal

Orchid/o, test/o

Testes (male gonad)

Balan/o

Head of the penis

Andr/o

Male

Prostat/o

Prostate

Vas/o

Vessel, duct

Hyster/o, metr/o

Uterus

Salping/o

Uterine tube

Colp/o

Vagina

Oophor/o

Ovary

Men/o

Menstruation

Mamm/o, mast/o

Breast

Oste/o

Bone

Chondr/o

Cartilage

Arthr/o

Joint

Ten/o, tendin/o

Tendon (binds muscle to bone)

Ligament/o

Ligament (binds bone to bone)

Burs/o

Bursa, "bag", (shock absorber between tendons and bones)

My/o, myos/o

Muscle

Stomat/o

mouth

Dent/o

teeth

Gloss/o, lingu/o

tongue

Gingiv/o

gums

Enter/o

intestine

Col/o

large intestine

Proct/o

anus/rectum

Derm/o

skin

Phleb/o, ven/o

veins

Pneum/o, pulm/o

lung

Hem/o

blood

Leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

cyan/o

blue

xanth/o

yellow

Aden/o

gland

Lip/o

fat

Lymph/o

lymph tissue

Carcin/o

malignant