Comprehensive list of Latin root terms as they pertain to Human Anatomy. Basically, this list is beyond (meta-) to what you need to know for basic terms. The more you know the better!
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Created by E. Jorgensen
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ante/o
ventr/o
anter/o
post/o
poster/o
dors/o
phren/o
retin/o
cili/o
palpebr/o
phys/o
-sis
clin/o
lacer/o
cav/o
petr/o
upsilon
hyoid/o
incis/o
cid/o
canal/o
bucc/o
membran/o
mening/o
tympan/o
glandul/o
ment/o
pont/o
labi/o
tonsil/o
genion
larynx
mast/o
pharanx
pharung/o
conus
descend
ascend
scendere
de-
abdo-
gono-
volar
process
flex/o
scaph/o
stoma-
sinus/o
epi-
vas/o
tibi/o
recess
auris
papill/o
cuspid/o
pariet/o
temp/o
arteri/o
patella
tal/o
end/o
cub/o
later/o
cardi/o
camera
valv/o
coron/o
trunk
septum
circum/o
ob-
myo-
pulmonary
manubri/o
cervic/o
lumb/o
clavic/o
unc/o
scapul/o
uln/o
pisi/o
proxim/o
dist/o
distant
-tomy
fossa
ethmoid/o
front/o
oc-
ciput/o
mandibul/o
vomer
plowshare
auricul/o
anatomy
lachrym/o
or lacrim/o
nas/o
gladi/o
cost/o
atlas
carp/o
capit/o
lun/o
meta-
phalang/o
brachi/o
cephal/o
axill/o
digit/o
faci/o
opthalm/o
palm/o
poplit/o
cerebr/o
cerebell/o
trans/o
basil/o
gastr/o
transverse
diagon/o
dia-
vena cava
tars/o
sphenoid/o
inter/o
aort/o
or aorta
zygom/o
vein
ligament/o
femor/o
fibul/o
chamber
medi/o
sacr/o
coccyg/o
calcane/o
margin/o
oblique
myocardium
conch/o
turbin/o
xiph/o
vert/o
humer/o
radi/o
-ana
articul/o
stern/o
thorac/o
acrom/o
trapez/o
-ion
arc/o
or arch
sub/o
common
carotid
clavis
thyr/o
bifurc/o
cric/o
nod/o
tri/o
triquetr/o
mal/o
navic/o
cuneus
proper
papul/o
apart
cric/o
ham/o
lingu/o
kleid/o
gloss/o
infra-
bas/o
axill/o
palat/o
gutter/o
angul/o
trochle/o
mens/o
pteryg/o
maseter/o
orb/o
greater
lesser
cavern/o
hyp/o
ocul/o
muscul/o
centr/o
peri-
co-
mamm/o
collater/o
-al
-ic
-ar
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