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muscloskeletal word
A&P
Question | Answer |
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brachi/o | arm |
carp/o | carpus (wrist bone) |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
dactyl/o | digit (a finger, a toe) |
humer/o | humerus |
metacarp/o | metacarpus (bones of the hand) |
phalang/o | phalanges (bones of fingers and toes) |
rachi/orach/o | spine |
spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebrae (backbone) |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
thorac/o | chest |
scapul/o | scapula |
olecran/o | olecranun, elbow |
radi/o | raduis |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
uln/o | ulna |
maxill/o | maxilla |
mandibul/o | mandible |
calcane/o | calcaneum (heel bone) |
femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
fibul/o | finbula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg) |
ili/o | ilium (lateral flaring portion of hip) |
ischi/o | ischium (lower portion of hip bone) |
lumb/o | loins |
patell/o | petella (kneecappatella (kneecap) |
pelv/l | pelvis |
pub/o | pubis ( part hip bone) |
tibi/o | tibia (larger, inner bon of lower leg |
acromi/o | acromion (projection of scapula) |
ankyl/o | stiffness, bent, crooked |
arthr/oarticul/o | joint |
condylo | condyle (rounded protuberance ar end of bone forming an articulation) |
lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
synovi/o | synovial membrane, synovia |
fibros/o | fibrous connective tissue |
ligiment/osyndesm/o | ligiment |
calc/o | calcium |
kyph/o | humpback |
lord/o | swayback |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
lumb/o | lowerback, loins |
chondr/o | cartilage |
leiomy/o | smooth muscle (viceral) |
my/omyos/o | muscle |
rrhabd/o | rod-shaped (striated) |
rhabdomy/o | rod-shaped (striated) muscle |
ten/otend/otendin/o | tendon |
-blast | embryonic cell |
-clasis | break, fracture, refracture |
-clast | break, destroy |
-desis | binding or fixation (f a bone or joint) |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | growth |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-porosis | porous |
-schisis | a splitting |
-scopy | visual examination |
-stenia | strength |
-trophy | nourishment, development |
ped/ipod/o | foot |