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Short List Terminology
Term | Definition |
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ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
arthr/o | joint |
brachi/o | arm |
cervic/o | neck, cervix uteri |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
faci/o | face |
fasci/o | band, fascia |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
kyph/o | humpback |
lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
lord/o | curve, swayback |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (hand bones) |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myos/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
ped/i | foot, child |
ped/o | foot, child |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pod/o | foot |
rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | radiation, xray, radius (lower arm bone) |
rhabdomy/o | rod shaped (striated muscle) |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae (back bone) |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
thorac/o | chest |
tibi/o | tibia (large bone in lower leg) |
-ad | toward |
-al | pertaining to |
-algia | pain |
-ar | pertaining to |
-asthenia | weakness, debility |
-blast | embryonic cell |
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