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unit 5
muscles, bones, and joints
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acromi/o | acromion process |
| arthr/o | joint |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| carp/o | carpal bone |
| cervic/o | cervical, neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o cleid/o | clavical |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| condyl/o | condyle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| dent/o | tooth |
| disk/o | disk |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| femor/o | femur |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kinesi/o | movemenet |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lumb/o | lumbar spine or region |
| malac/o | softening |
| metacarp/o | metarpal bone |
| my/o | muscle |
| odont/o | teeth |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| pelv/i pelv/o | pelvic |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| por/o | porous |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| stern/o | sternum |
| ten/o tendon/o tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| xiph/o | xiphoid process |
| de- | down from, less than |
| dys- | difficultyo right painful |
| epi- | upon |
| inter- | between |
| meta- | beyond |
| peri- | around, near |
| supra- | above or on the topside |
| ar-, al-, ic | adjective endings |
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -ist | specialist |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling, like |
| -plasia | development |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysssi |
| -scope | instrument for looking |
| -scopy | process of examination with a scope |