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Quiz 6 fhmn 240 term
lessons 9, 10, 11 med terms
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| Arthr | Joint |
| Burs | Bursa |
| Carp | Wrist |
| Chondr | Cartilage |
| Cost | Rib |
| Crani | Skull |
| Femor | Femur |
| Ili | Ilium |
| Ischi | Ischium |
| Kinesi | Movement, motion |
| Necr | Death |
| Oste | Bone |
| Phalang | Bone of fingers |
| Pub | Pubis |
| Rachi, spondyl | Vertebra, spine |
| Stern | Sternum |
| Ten, tendin | Tendon |
| Troph | Development |
| Vertebr | Vertebra, spine |
| Inter- | Between |
| -asthenia | Weakness |
| -desis | Surgical fusion (immobilize) |
| -dynia | Pain |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| Cephal | Head |
| Cerebr | Cerebrum, brain |
| Encephal | Brain |
| Mening | Meninges |
| Myel | Spinal cord |
| Phag | Swallowing, eating |
| Phas | Speech |
| Pleg | Paralysis |
| Poli | Gray, gray matter |
| Psych | Mind |
| Hemi- | Half |
| Mon- | One |
| Pan- | All, total |
| Poly- | Many |
| Quad- | four |
| Anter, anteri | Before, front |
| Caud | Tail, down, downward |
| Cephal | Head, up, upward |
| Dextr | Right |
| Dist | Away (from point of reference) |
| Dors | Back |
| Infer, inferi | Below |
| Later | Side |
| Medi, mesi | Middle |
| Poster, posteri | Behind, back |
| Proxim | Near (the point of reference) |
| Sinister | Left |
| Super, superi | Above |
| Ventr | Belly |
| -or | Pertaining to (when used with directional word roots that end in –i-) |
| Ad- | Toward |
| Ab- | Away |