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    Illustration Understanding Scientific Terminology
    Greek and Latin Roots of Scientific Terms.     		Lessons: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Index

    Lesson 6 - The Body, part 1

    The word corpus (plural: corpora) means body, substance, or matter as perceived by the senses. You will find it in words like corpus luteum the yellow body left when an egg leaves a human ovary. We also derive the word corpse from it.


    Here are some word roots related to parts of the body.

    Latin Greek
    head cephal/o
    brain encephal/o
    eye ocul/o ophthalm/o
    ear aur/i ot/o
    nose rhin/o
    mouth or/o stomat/o
    breast mamm/o
    arm brachy/o
    hand chir/o
    finger dactyl/o
    navel umbilic/o
    kneecap patell/o
    foot ped/o