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Chap 10 Elements & M
IU MED TERM Chap 10 Elements & Meanings
Chap 10 Elements | Chap 10 Element Meanings |
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ankyl/o | stiffness; bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
kyph/o | hill, mountain |
lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebra arch) |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
ped/o | foot; child |
ped/i | foot; child |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
thorac/o | chest |
acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
brachi/o | arm |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck; cervic uteri (neck of uterus) |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | fibula ( smaller bone of lower leg) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
ili/o | ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone) |
ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bone) |
metatars/o | metatarsus (foot bone) |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pod/o | foot |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of the fingers and toes) |
pub/o | pelvis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side) |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger bone of lower leg) |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (visceral) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
rhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
chondr/o | cartilage |
fasci/o | band. fascia, (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
fibr/o | fiber, fibrous tissue |
synov/o | synovial membrane, synovial fluid |
ten/o | tendon |
a- | without, not |
sub- | under, below |
supra- | above; excessive; superior |
syn- | union, together, joined |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasia | to break; surgical fracture |
-clast | to break; surgical fracture |
-desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-porosis | porous |
-scopy | visual examination |