Medical Root Term Ii

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Abdomin/o

Back 1

Abdomen

Hint 1

the part of the body of a vertebrate containing the digestive organs; the belly. In humans and other mammals, it is bounded by the diaphragm and the pelvis.

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Acanth/o

Back 2

Spiny or thorny

Hint 2

A spinous process

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Acetabul/o

Back 3

Acetabulum

Hint 3

the socket of the hipbone, into which the head of the femur fits.

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Acromi/o

Back 4

Acromium

Hint 4

a bony process on the scapula (shoulder blade). Together with the coracoid process it extends laterally over the shoulder joint.

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Aden/o

Back 5

Gland

Hint 5

an organ in the human or animal body that secretes particular chemical substances for use in the body or for discharge into the surroundings.

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Adip/o

Back 6

Fat

Hint 6

a natural oily or greasy substance occurring in animal bodies, especially when deposited as a layer under the skin or around certain organs.

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Adren/o

Back 7

Adrenal gland

Hint 7

Either of two small endocrine glands, one located above each kidney. The outer portion, or cortex, secretes steroid hormones (corticosteroids). The inner portion, or medulla, secretes epinephrine and norepinephrine.

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Alveoli/o

Back 8

Air sac

Hint 8

a lung compartment containing air; an alveolus

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Angi/o

Back 9

Vessel

Hint 9

a tube or duct, as an artery or vein, containing or conveying blood or some other body fluid.

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An/o

Back 10

Anus

Hint 10

the opening at the end of the alimentary canal through which solid waste matter leaves the body.

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Aort/o

Back 11

Aorta

Hint 11

the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. In humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in front of the backbone.

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Arteri/o, arter/o

Back 12

Artery

Hint 12

any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.

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Arteriol/o

Back 13

Arteriole

Hint 13

a small branch of an artery leading into capillaries.

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Aspir/o

Back 14

To breathe in

Hint 14

one direction of lung process

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Ather/o

Back 15

Plaque, fat

Hint 15

a sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate.

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Athr/o, articul/o

Back 16

Joint

Hint 16

a structure in the human or animal body at which two parts of the skeleton are fitted together.

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Atri/o

Back 17

Atrium

Hint 17

each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles.

Front 18

Audi/o, aur/i

Back 18

Hearing

Hint 18

the faculty of perceiving sounds

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Balan/o

Back 19

Glans penis

Hint 19

the sensitive bulbous structure at the distal end of the penis

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Bio-

Back 20

Life

Hint 20

the existence of an individual human being or animal

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Bronch/i, bronch/o

Back 21

Bronchus

Hint 21

any of the major air passages of the lungs that diverge from the windpipe.

Front 22

Bronchiol/o, bronchiol/i

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Bronchiole

Hint 22

any of the minute branches into which a bronchus divides

Front 23

Carcin/o

Back 23

Cancer

Hint 23

the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.

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Cardi/o

Back 24

Heart

Hint 24

a hollow muscular organ that pumps the blood through the circulatory system by rhythmic contraction and dilation.

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Cellul/o

Back 25

Cell

Hint 25

the smallest structural and functional unit of an organism

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Cerebell/o

Back 26

Cerebellum

Hint 26

the part of the brain at the back of the skull in vertebrates. Its function is to coordinate and regulate muscular activity.

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Cholangi/o

Back 27

Bile Duct

Hint 27

the duct that conveys bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the duodenum.

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Chol/e

Back 28

Bile

Hint 28

a bitter greenish-brown alkaline fluid that aids digestion and is secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder.

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Cholecyst/o

Back 29

Gallbladder

Hint 29

the small sac-shaped organ beneath the liver, in which bile is stored after secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine.

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Choledoch/o

Back 30

Common bile duct

Hint 30

a small, tube-like structure formed where the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct join

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Chondr/i, chondr/o

Back 31

Cartilage

Hint 31

firm, whitish, flexible connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints

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Chrom/o, chromat/o

Back 32

Color

Hint 32

pigmentation of the skin

Front 33

Col/o, colon/o

Back 33

Colon

Hint 33

the longest part of the large intestine, extending from the cecum to the rectum