Human Anatomy Word Roots

ab

away from

acet

vinegar

acro

top most

ad or af

to or towards

ancon

elbow / bend of arm

ante

in front of

arthr

a joint

asper

rough / harsh

atri

entrance room

aur

ear

bi / bin

meaning 2

brachi

upper arm

bronch

windpipe / throat

brev

short / small

bucc

cheeks

calc

heel

calyx

husk / outer cover of a flower bud

capit / ceps

head

cardi

heart

carotid

large neck arteries

carp

wrist

caud

tail

cav

hollow

cephal

head

cervic

neck

chiasm

cross

chondr

cartilage

chord

string

clav

key / locked with a key / also clavicle

cleid

key / locked with a key / also clavicle

cnem

shin or tibia

coel

hollow

condyl

knuckle / enlarged articulation

corac

a raven or crow

coron

crown / something curved

cort

bark of a tree

cost

rib

cox

hip joint

crani

skull

cribr

sieve / strainer

cric

ring

cruc

cross

crus

shin / shank / lower leg

cut / cutan

skin

delt

delta

dendr

tree

di

meaning two

dia

across / between

digit

finger

dors

back

duct

to lead

duoden

twelve each

dur

hard

ecto

outside / external

endo

within

enter

intestines

epi

apon / on / above

ethm

sieve

ex or ef

meaning out of

fasc

band / bandage / ribbon

fenestr

window

fer

to carry

fibul

buckle / pin

foramen

opening / hole

foss

a ditch

front

forehead

fundus

bottom / foundation / base of an organ

gastr

stomach / belly

genio

chin

gnath

jaw

gracil

slender

hepat

liver

hippo

horse

hyo

form of upsilon / U - Shaped

hypo

under / beneath

ile or ili

groin

incus

anvil

infra

below

infundibulum

funnel

inguin

groin

inter

between

intra

within / on the inside

ischi

hip

jejun

fasting / empty

lacrim

tears

lat

sides

lingu

tongue

luna

moon

magn

large / great

malle

mallet / hammer

mamma

breast

manu

hand

mast

breast

meatus

passage

medull

marrow

menisc

crescent moon / crescent shaped

multi

many

mylo

milestone / molar

myo

muscle

nar

external nostril