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Clott_Vocab
Med Term_Ch3 Skeletal
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ankyl/o | crooked, bent, stiff |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Chondr/o | Cratilage |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Crani/o | Skull |
| -desis | Surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together |
| Kyph/o | Bent, hump |
| Lord/o | Curve, swayback bent |
| -lysis | Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction,loosening |
| Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
| Oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | Bone |
| -poietic | Formation of blood cells |
| Scoli/o | Curved, bent |
| Spondyl/o | Vertebrae, vertebal colum, back bone |
| -um | singular noun ending |