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unit 5
muscles, bones, and joints
Term | Definition |
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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 |