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MED 104 Mrs.D
Flashcards Ch. 14 & 15
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cartilage | gristle nonvascular, firm connective tissue found mostly in joints |
| ligament | band, sheet band of fibrous tissue connecting two structures |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| skelet- | skeleton |
| orth/o- | straight |
| -ped- | child |
| oste/o- | bone |
| radi/o- | radiation, x-rays |
| tendon | sinew fibrous band that connects muscle to bone |
| -physis- | growth |
| epiphys/e- | growth |
| marrow | fatty, blood-forming tissue in the cavities of long bones |
| meta- | beyond, after, subsequent to |
| -blast | embryo |
| -clast | break down |
| -genesis | creation |
| -genic | producing |
| -por- | opening |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| imperfecta | unfinished |
| myel- | bone marrow |
| sarc- | flesh |
| non- | not |
| mal- | bad |
| -un- | one |
| -ion | action, condition, process |
| duct- | lead |
| re- | backward |
| traction | to pull |
| fract- | break |
| -ure | result of |
| comminut- | break into small pieces |
| dis- | apart, away from |
| -placed | in an area |
| im- | in |
| -pact- | driven in |
| articul- | joint |
| bursa | purse closed sac containing synovial fluid |
| cartilage/e- | cartilage |
| ab- | away from |
| -duct- | lead |
| abduction | action of moving away from the midline |
| ad- | toward |
| adduction | action of moving toward the midline |
| circum- | around |
| eversion | tuning outward |
| inversion | turning inward |
| extension | stretch out |
| prone | lying facedown; flat on your belly |
| supine | lying face up; flat on your spine |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| -desis | bind together |
| burs- | bursa |
| degenerat- | deteriorate |
| inter- | between |
| phalang/e | phalanx |
| meta- | after, beyond |
| -carp/o- | bones of the wrist |
| rheumat- | rheumatism |
| uln- | forearm bone |
| a- | without |
| -trophy | nourishment |
| con- | with, together |
| -tract | draw |
| -my- | muscle |
| volunt- | free will |
| tendin- | tendon |
| ten/o- | tendon |
| -synov- | synovial membrane |
| cervic- | neck |
| vertebr- | vertebra |
| mandibul- | the jaw |
| maxilla | jawbone |
| pariet- | wall |
| tempor- | temple, side of head |
| clavicul- | clavicle; collarbone |
| pector- | chest |
| scapul- | scapula; shoulder blade |
| sub- | under, slightly |
| luxat- | dislocate |
| ten/o- | tendon |
| -synov- | synovial membrane |
| brachi/o- | arm |
| radial- | radius |
| -ceps | head |
| brachii | of the arm |
| -oid | resembling |
| -condyle | knuckle |
| latiss- | wide |
| dorsi | back |
| -imus | most |
| carp- | bones of the wrist |
| fasc/i- | fascia |
| hypo- | below, smaller |
| -thenar | palm |
| oss/e- | bone |
| phalanx | bone of a finger or toe |
| contract- | draw together |
| -ure | process |
| rheumat- | a flow |
| fluor/o- | x-ray beam |
| pub- | pubis |
| sacr/o- | sacrum |
| ili- | ilium |
| vascul- | blood vessel |
| glut- | buttocks |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| necrosis | death |
| later- | side |
| poplit/e- | ham |
| tibia | larger bone of the lower leg |
| allo- | different |
| -graft | splice |
| auto- | self, same |
| de- | take away |
| bride- | rubble |
| -ment | action |
| hetero- | different |
| -malacia | abnormal softness |
| menisc- | crescent, meniscus |
| patell- | patella |
| xen/o- | foreign material |
| fasc/i- | fascia |
| gastrocnem- | calf of leg |
| tars/us- | flat surface |
| tars- | flat surface |
| pod- | foot |
| -ius | pertaining to |
| bi/o- | life |
| -opsy | to view |
| excis- | cut out |
| carcin- | cancer |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| dermat/o- | skin |
| thel/i- | nipple |
| epi- | upon |
| -dermis | skin |
| -um | tissue |
| integument- | covering of the body |
| pro- | projecting forward |
| -gnosis | knowledge |
| pro- | before |
| -tect- | to shelter |
| regul- | to rule |
| resist- | to withstand |
| sens- | to feel |
| -ation | process |
| syn- | together |
| -thesis | to arrange |
| malign- | harmful |
| -ant | pertaining to |
| melan/o- | black |
| meta- | beyond, subsequent to |
| -stasis | stagnate, stay in one place |
| stat- | stationary |
| -ize | affect in a specific way |
| sebace/o- | wax |
| adip- | fat |
| -ose | condition |
| cutan/e- | skin |
| -cubitus | lying down |
| eczema- | eczema |
| -tous | pertaining to |
| ex- | away from, out of |
| -cori- | skin |
| -ate | composed of, pertaining to |
| nevus nevi | mole, birthmark |
| pruritus | to itch |
| furuncle | a boil |
| pedicul- | louse |
| scabies | skin disease produced by mites |
| prurit- | to itch |
| -myos- | muscle |
| pharmac/o- | drug |
| scler/o- | hard |
| -derma | skin |
| symptomat- | symptoms |
| erythemat- | redness |
| topic- | local |
| sebum | wax |
| seb/o- | sebum |
| albin/o- | white |
| alopecia | partial or complete loss of hair, naturally or from medication |
| cerumen | wax |
| onych/o- | nail |
| -myc- | fungus |
| incis- | cut into |
| lacer- | to tear |
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