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Chapter 5
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a- | without, absence of |
| an- | without, absence of |
| brady- | slow |
| dia- | around, passing through |
| dys- | bad, abnormal, painful, difficult |
| end-, endo- | within |
| epi- | upon, over, above, on top |
| hyper- | excessive, abnormally high, above |
| para- | near, alongside, departure from normal |
| peri- | around |
| poly- | many |
| quadri- | four |
| sym- | together, joined |
| syn- | together, joined |
| ankyl/o | fused, not straight |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | purse or sac, bursa |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartil/o | gristle, cartilage |
| cel/o | hernia, protrusion |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| condyl/o | knuckle of a joint |
| cost/o | rib |
| cran/o, crani/o | skull, cranium |
| disk/o | flat shape, intervertebral disk |
| duct/o | lead, move |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| femor/o | thigh, femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | clasp of buckle, fibula |
| flex/o | bend |
| ili/o | flank, hip, groin |
| ischi/o | haunch, hip joint, ischium |
| kinesi/o | motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | thin, lamina |
| later/o | side |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| maxillo/o | upper jaw bone |
| menisc/o, menisci/o | crescent-shaped moon, meniscus |
| myel/o, myelon/o | bone marrow (also means spinal cord, medulla, and myelin) |
| my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | sinew or cord (usually applied to nerves, but in the muscular system, it refers to fascia) |
| orth/o | straight, normal |
| oste/o | bone |
| pariet/o | wall |
| patell/o | small, pan, patella |
| ped/o | child |
| petr/o | stone |
| phalang/o | row of soldiers, phalanx |
| pod/o | foot |
| por/o | small hole |
| physis/o | growth |
| pub/o | grown up, pubis |
| rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
| radi/o | spoke of a wheel, radius |
| rheumat/o | discharge |
| sacr/o | sacred, sacrum |
| scoli/o | curved |
| skelet/o | dried up, skeleton |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | chest, sternum |
| synov/o, synovi/o | binding of eggs, synovial |
| tars/o | flat surface, tarsum |
| taxi/o, tax/o | reaction to a stimulus |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | to stretch out, tendon |
| vers/o | turn |
| vertebr/o | joint, vertebra |
| -algia | pain |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -blast | germ, bud, developing cell |
| -cele | hernia, swelling, protrusion |
| -centesis | puncture; a surgical puncture to aspirate fluids |
| -clasia, -clasis, -clast | break apart |
| -clonus | in motion |
| -desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| -dynia | pain |
| -iatry | treatment, specialty |
| -iatrist | one who practices |
| -ist | one who practices |
| -oid | resembling |
| -otomy, -tomy | cutting into, incision |
| -pathy | disease |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | shape, formation |
| -plegia | paralysis (major) |
| -practic | one who practices |
| -practor | one who practices |
| -ptosis | falling, down, drooping |
| -schisis | split, fissure |
| syndesis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| -tic | pertaining to |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |
| -um | pertaining to |
| -y | process of |
| skeleton offers | support, protection, movement, blood cell formation, and storage of nutrients |
| three types of joints in the body | cartilaginous, synovial, and fibrous |
| muscular system functions in... | movement and heat production |
| fascia | a tough, fibrous connective tissue |
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