Root Words
Lact/o
Milk
Brain
encephal/o
Dyspnea
Shortness of breath
Left atrioventricular valve
what is the bicuspid valve
Thymosin
What does the thymus secrete
Leuk/o
White
Spinal cord
myel/o
Contains the vocal cords
What is the larynx
Mitral valve
what is the left atrioventricular valve
Endocrine function of pancreas
What is maintaining blood glucose levels
Lith/o
Stone
Dendrites
dendr/o
Respiration
what is the diffusion of gasses between the atmosphere and the cells of the body
Tricuspid
What is the right atrioventricular valves?
Adrenal
ad -toward
ren/o -kidney
Mio
Smaller;less
Axon
isax/o
Trache/o
Trachea
Cardiovascular
Pertaining to the heart and blood vessels
Pancrat/o
What is the pancreas
Necro
Death;dying
Pituitary gland
pituit/o
Pleura
What is the lung encased in
Pericardium
What is the sac containing the heart
Pineal/o
What is the pineal gland