Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 2 MAS 041 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Roots That Name Organs
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The idea
Roots name the body part a word is about, and a few roots appear constantly in medical records.
In practice
Cardi means heart, gastr stomach, hepat liver, nephr kidney, derm skin, neur nerve, arthr joint, and hem or hemat blood.
Where people slip
Learn roots with their usual connecting vowel, such as cardio or gastro, as they appear in most words.
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