Root words for
Body Parts
Body Parts
Root word for rib
COST/O
-GRAM
Root word for neck
CERVIC/O
Meaning of this suffixes: -ia; -ic, -al
CONDITION OF
term for "towards the midline"
ADDUCTION
Root word for skin?
DERM/O, DERMAT/O, CUTANE/O
Word part for red
ERYTHR/O
Root word for finger or toe
DACTYL/O
Suffix meaning "the study of"
-OLOGY
Term meaning "turning upwards"
SUPINE
Root word for liver
HEPAT/O
-ALGIA
Root word for bone
OSTE/O
Suffix meaning surgical removal
-ECTOMY
Term for closing the angle of the joint, bending the joint.
FLEXION
Root word for fungus
MYC/O
What is the Medical Terminology word for blue
What is cyan
root word for bone marrow
MYEL/O
Suffix meaning disease
-PATHY
Term for connective tissue that connects bones to muscles
TENDON
Root word for joint
ARTHR/O
Suffix meaning 'to view'
-SCOPY
Root word for vertebra or spinal column
SPONDYL/O
Suffix meaning abnormal flow
-RRHEA
Term for "turning on it's axis"
ROTATION