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Med Term Ch 15
Chapter 15 Med Term (Musculoskeletal System)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Calc/o | calcium |
| Calci/o | calcium |
| Kyph/o | humpback/hunchback/posterior curvature in thoracic region |
| Lamin/o | lamina/part of the vertebral arch |
| Lord/o | curve/swayback/anterior curvature in the lumbar region |
| Lumb/o | loins/lower back |
| Myel/o | bone marrow |
| Orth/o | straight |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Scoli/o | crooked/bent/lateral curvature |
| Spondyl/o | vertebra – used to make words about conditions of the vertebra |
| Vertebr/o | vertebra – used to describe the vertebra itself |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore/passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| Acetabul/o | acetabulum/hip socket |
| Calcane/o | calcaneus/heel |
| Carp/o | carpals/wrist bones |
| Clavicul/o | clavicle/collar bone |
| Cost/o | ribs |
| Crani/o | cranium/skull |
| Femor/o | femur/thigh bone |
| Fibul/o | fibula/smaller lower leg bone |
| Humer/o | humerus/upper arm bone |
| Ili/o | ilium/upper part of pelvic bone |
| Ischi/o | ischium/posterior part of pelvic bone |
| Malleol/o | malleolus/process on each side of the ankle |
| Mandibul/o | mandible/lower jawbone |
| Maxilla/o | maxilla/upper jawbone |
| Metacarp/o | metacarpals/hand bones |
| Metatars/o | metatarsals/foot bones |
| Olecran/o | olecranon/elbow |
| Patell/o | patella/kneecap |
| Pelv/i | pelvis/hipbone |
| Perone/o | fibula |
| Phalang/o | phalanges/finger and/or toe bones |
| Pub/o | pubis/anterior part of the pelvic bone |
| Radi/o | radius/forearm bone on thumb side |
| Scapula/o | scapula/shoulder blade |
| Stern/o | sternum/breastbone |
| Tars/o | tarsals/bones of the hindfoot |
| Tibi/o | tibia/shin bone |
| Uln/o | ulna/forearm bone on little finger side |
| Ankyl/o | stiff |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Articul/o | joint |
| Burs/o | bursa |
| Chrondr/o | cartilage |
| Ligament/o | ligament |
| Rheumat/o | watery flow |
| Synov/o | synovial membrane |
| Ten/o | tendon |
| Tendin/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind/tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| Fasci/o | fascia/forms sheaths enveloping muscles |
| Fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| Leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| My/o | muscle |
| Myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| Myos/o | muscle |
| Plant/o | sole of the foot |
| Rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| Sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development/nourishment |
| Ab- | away from |
| Ad- | toward |
| Dorsi- | back |
| Poly- | many/much |
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