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ML Orthopedics Ch 8
ML Orthopedics, Skeletal (Chapter 8)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acromi/o- | acromion |
| alg/o- | pain |
| alges/o- | pain |
| algin/o- | arranging in a straight line |
| all/o- | other;strange |
| amputat/o- | to cut off |
| amput/o- | to cut off |
| ankyl/o- | fused together, stiff |
| appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| articul/o- | joint |
| axi/o- | axis |
| -blast | immature cell |
| bunion/o- | bunion |
| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| cancell/o- | lattice structure |
| capsul/o- | capsule (enveloping structure) |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| cartilagin/o- | cartilage |
| cav/o- | hollow space |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| cervic/o- | neck; cervix |
| chem/o- | chemical, drug |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| -clast | cell that breaks down substances |
| clavicu/o- | clavicle |
| coccyg/o- | coccyx (tail bone) |
| comminut/o- | break into minute pieces |
| compress/o- | press together |
| coron/o- | encircling structure |
| corpor/o- | body |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| cost/o- | rib |
| densit/o- | density |
| depress/o- | press down |
| -desis | procedure to fuse together |
| dextr/o- | right |
| diaphys/o- | shaft of a bone |
| dis- | away from |
| disk/o- | disk |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -ee | person who is the object of an action |
| epiphys/o- | growth area on the end of a bone |
| ethm/o- | sieve |
| extern/o- | outside |
| extra- | outside of |
| faci/o- | face |
| femor/o- | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| fixat/o- | to make stable or still |
| fract/o- | break up |
| front/o- | front |
| gener/o- | production; creation |
| gen/o- | arising from; produced by |
| glen/o- | socket of a joint |
| goni/o- | angle |
| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| --graphy | process of recording |
| hem/o- | blood |
| humer/o- | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hy/o- | U-shaped structure |
| -ia | condition, state, thing |
| -ial | pertaining to |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ics | knowledge, practice |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| -ine | pertaining to |
| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth |
| inject/o- | insert or put in |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| -ion | action; condition |
| ischi/o- | ischium (hip bone) |
| -ity | state; condition |
| -ization | process of making, creating or inserting |
| kyph/o- | bent; humpbacked |
| lacrim/o- | tears |
| later/o- | side |
| lev/o- | left |
| ligament/o- | ligament |
| locat/o- | a place |
| log/o- | word; the study of |
| lord/o- | swayback |
| lumb/o- | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| malac/o- | softening |
| malleol/o- | malleolus |
| mandibul/o- | mandible (lower jaw) |
| maxill/o- | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| medi/o- | middle |
| medull/o- | medulla (inner region) |
| menisc/o- | meniscus (crescent-shaped cartilage) |
| -ment | action; state |
| meta- | after; subsequent to; transition; change |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| mineral/o- | mineral; electrolyte |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| myel/o- | bone marrow; spinal cord; myelin |
| nas/o- | nose |
| occipit/o- | occiput (back of the head) |
| olisthe/o- | slipping |
| -olisthesis | abnormal condition and process of slipping |
| -oma | tumor, mass |
| orth/o- | straight |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| osse/o- | bone |
| ossicul/o- | ossicle (little bone) |
| ossificat/o- | changing into bone |
| oste/o- | bone |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| palat/o- | palate |
| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
| patell/o- | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o- | disease, suffering |
| -pathy | disease, suffering |
| ped/o- | child |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone, renal pelvis) |
| peri- | around |
| perone/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| phalang/o- | phalanx (finger or toe) |
| physic/o- | body |
| -physis | state of growing |
| -phyte | growth |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| poplite/o- | back of knee |
| por/o- | small openings; pores |
| prosthet/o- | artificial part |
| pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone), x-rays; radiation |
| reduct/o- | to bring back; decrease |
| rheumat/o- | watery discharge |
| sacr/o- | sacrum |
| sagitt/o- | going from front to back |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| scapul/o- | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scint/i- | point of light |
| scoli/o- | curved, crooked |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| scop/o- | examine with an instrument |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| skelet/o- | skeleton |
| sorb/o- | to suck up |
| sphen/o- | wedge shape |
| spin/o- | spine; backbone |
| spir/o- | a coil |
| spondyl/o- | vertebra |
| stern/o- | sternum (breast bone) |
| -steroid | steroid |
| steroid/o- | steroid |
| sym- | together, with |
| synov/o- | synovium (membrane) |
| tars/o- | ankle |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| therap/o- | treatment |
| -therapy | treatment |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -tion | a process; being or having |
| -tome | instrument used to cut; area with distince edges |
| tom/o- | a cut, slice, or layer |
| tract/o- | pulling |
| trans- | across, through |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| trochanter/o- | trochanter |
| turbin/o- | scroll-like structure; turbinate |
| uln/o- | ulna (forearm bone) |
| -ure | system; result of |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
| vertebr/o- | vertebra |
| xiph/o- | sword |
| zygomat/o- | zygoma (cheek bone) |
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