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Terminology Week 3
All the terms
Term | Definition |
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mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
ili/o | ilium |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
lord/o | bent forward |
petr/o | stone |
arthr/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartiledge |
disk/o | intervertebral disk |
burs/o | bursa (cavity) |
oste/o | bone |
scoli/o | crooked, curved |
kinesi/o | movement, motion |
-physis | growth |
inter- | between |
supra- | above |
sym-, syn- | together, joined |
-asthenia | weakness |
-clasia, -clasis, -clast | break |
-desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
my/o, myos/o | muscle |
lamin/o | lamina (thin, flat plate or layer) |
-schisis | split, fissure |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovia |
ankyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
minisc/o | meniscus (crescent) |
cost/o | rib |
clavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
ischi/o | ischium |
lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
sarc/o | sacrum |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
tibi/o | tibia (lower leg bone) |
aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toe bones) |
patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
radi/o | radius (lower arm bone) |
pub/o | pubis |
pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, pelvic bone |
myel/o | bone marrow |
femor/o | femur (upper leg bone) |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
kyph/o | hump |