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Med term
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ankyl/o | Stiff joint |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Articul/o | Joint |
| Burs/o | Sac |
| Carp/o | Wrist |
| Chondr/o | Cartilage |
| Coccyg/o | Coccyx |
| Cortic/o | Outer portion |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Ili/o | Ilium |
| Ischi/o | Ischium |
| Kyph/o | Hump |
| Lord/o | Bent backwards |
| Medull/o | Inner portion |
| Myel/o | Bone marrow |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Oste/o | Straight |
| Pod/o | Foot |
| Prosthet/o | Addition |
| Radi/o | Radius, X-ray |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Sarc/o | Flesh |
| Synovi/o, synov/o | Synovial membrane |
| Tars/o | Ankle |
| -blast | Immature |
| -clasia | To surgically break |
| -desis | Stabilize, fuse |
| -listhesis | Slipping |
| -porosis | Porous |
| -gram | Record |
| -graphy | Process of recording |
| -genic | Producing |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| chondroma | tumor in the cartilage |
| sarcoma | tumor in the flesh |
| exostosis | bone spur |
| myeloma | tumor in the bone marrow |
| osteochondroma | tumor in cartilage and bone |
| osteogenic sarcoma | bone producing flesh tumor |
| Osteomalacia | Softening of the bone |
| Osteoporosis | Bone porous |
| Cele | Hernia |
| Ecstasis | Dilation |
| Kyphosis | Abnormal hump |
| Scoliosis | Crooked, bent |
| Spinal bifida | Vertebra fails to form around spinal cord |
| Spondylolisthesis | Slipping of vertebra |
| Spondylosis | Abnormal condition of vertebra |
| Osteoarthritis | Inflammation on the bone and joint |
| Arthrogram | Record of joint |
| Arthrography | Process of recording joint |
| Arthrocentesis | Puncture to withdrawl fluid from joint |
| Arthroclasia | Surgically break joint |
| Arthrodesis | Fuse a joint |
| Arthrotomy | Cutting into a joint |
| Laminectomy | Surgical removal of lamina/vertebra |
| Osteotomy | Cutting into bone |
| Duct/o | To bring |
| Extens/o | To stretch out |
| Fasci/o | Fibrous band |
| Flex/o | To bend |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Myos/o | Muscle |
| Ten/o | Tendon |
| Tendin/o | Tendon |
| Tend/o | Tendon |
| Vers/o | To turn |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -ion | Condition |
| -kinesia | Movement |
| -tonia | Tone |
| Later/o | Side |
| -trophy | Development |
| Hypertrophy | Excessive development |
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