Primary Roots

  1. Cardi/o – Heart

  2. Dermat/o – Skin

  3. Gastr/o – Stomach

  4. Hemat/o – Blood

  5. Hepat/o – Liver

  6. Nephr/o – Kidney

  7. Neur/o – Nerve

  8. Oste/o – Bone

  9. Pulmon/o – Lung

  10. Rhin/o – Nose

  11. Enter/o – Intestines

  12. My/o – Muscle

  13. Cyt/o – Cell

  14. Psych/o – Mind

  15. Arthr/o – Joint

  16. Chondr/o – Cartilage

  17. Cerebr/o – Brain

  18. Thorac/o – Chest

  19. Splen/o – Spleen

  20. Lymph/o – Lymph

  21. Cyst/o – Bladder or sac

  22. Laryng/o – Larynx (voice box)

  23. Trache/o – Trachea (windpipe)

  24. Esophag/o – Esophagus

  25. Ur/o – Urine

  26. Vas/o – Vessel

  27. Phleb/o – Vein

  28. Angi/o – Vessel (blood or lymph)

  29. Bili/o – Bile

  30. Sanguin/o – Blood

  31. Stomat/o – Mouth

  32. Pelv/o – Pelvis

  33. Col/o – Colon (large intestine)

  34. Hyster/o – Uterus

  35. Oophor/o – Ovary

  36. Orch/o – Testicle

  37. Salping/o – Fallopian tube

  38. Pneum/o – Lung or air

  39. Myel/o – Bone marrow or spinal cord

  40. Blephar/o – Eyelid

  41. Opt/o – Eye

  42. Audi/o – Hearing

  43. Glosso/o – Tongue

  44. Cholecyst/o – Gallbladder

  45. Amni/o – Amniotic sac

  46. Fibr/o – Fiber

  47. Tonsill/o – Tonsils

  48. Ureter/o – Ureter

  49. Cerebell/o – Cerebellum

  50. Ven/o – Vein