Body Part Stem or Root Words

abdomin/o- (celio, laparo, ventro)

belly

aden/o-

gland

andr/o- (gynec/o-)

man (woman)

angi/o-, vaso-

vessel (lymph, blood)

append/o-

appendage

arteri/o-

artery

arthr/o-

joint

bronch/o-

trachea-like (rough)

cardi/o-

heart

cephal/o-

head

cerebr/o-

brain

cheil/o-, labi/o-

lip

cholecys/o-

gallbladder

choledoch/o-

common bile duct

chondr/o-

cartilage

col/o-

big intestine

cost/o-, pleur/o

rib

crani/o-

skull

cyst/o-, vesico-

bladder

dent/o-, dont/o-

tooth

derm/o-, cuti-

skin

doch/o-

duct-like

duct/o-

duct

duoden/o-

twelve

en/cephal/o-

in head (brain)

eso/phag/o-

toward eater (mouth)

gastr/o-

stomach

gloss/o-, linguo-

tongue

hepato-, hepa-

liver

hyster/o-, metr/o-, uter/o-

uterus

ile/o-

twisted (intestine)

irid/o-, iro-

rainbow (eye)

kerat/o-

cornea (eye) horny (substance)

lamin/o-

thin flat part (vertebra)

lob/o-

lobe (lung)

mast/o-, mamm/o-

breast

my/o-, myos-

muscle

myel/o-

bone marrow, spinal cord

myring/o-, tympan/o-

eardrum

neuro-

nerve

nephr/o-, ren/o-

kidney

oophor/o-

ovary

ophthalm/o-, ocul/o-

eye

orchid/o-, testo-

testicle

oste/o-

bone

ot/o-, aur/i-

ear

pan/creat/o-

all/fleshy

pharyng/o-

throat

phleb/o-, ven/o-

vein

pneum/o-, pulmon/o-

lungs

procto/o-

rectum, anus

prostat/o-

lying before (male gland)

pyel/o-

pelvis (kidney pelvis)

rect/o-

straight (rectum)

rhin/o-, nas/o-

noise

sacr/o-

sacrum

salping/o-, doch/o-, duct/o-

tube (fallopian, eustachian)

splen/o, leino-

spleen

spondyl/o-

vertebra (jointed)

steth/o-, pect/o, thoraco-

chest

stomat/o-, or/o-, os-

mouth

ten/o-, tend/o-, tendin/o-

stretcher (tendon)

thyr/o-

shield-like

trache/o-, trach/y

rough