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Terminology Week 3
All the terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |