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Ch 15 & 14
Integumentary and Musculoskeletal systems
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-opsy | to view |
carcin | cancer |
cry/o | cold |
surg | operate |
-ery | process |
cutane/o | skin |
-us | pertaining to |
integument | covering of the body |
-ary | pertaining to |
pro- | forward |
sens | to feel |
-ation | process |
-ancy | state of |
malign | harmful |
melan/o | black |
meta- | beyond |
stasis | stagnate, stay in one place |
adip | fat |
-ose | condition |
coll/a | glue |
-gen | producing |
follicle | small sac |
esthet | sensation |
prurit | itch |
topic | local |
axilla | armpit |
cortex | outer covering |
medulla | middle |
onych/o | nail |
myc | fungus |
-ia | condition |
allo- | other |
homo- | same, alike |
auto- | self |
gener | produce |
xeno- | foreign |
hetero- | different |
abrasion | scrape |
chir/o | hand |
pract | efficient |
muscul/o | muscle |
orth/o | straight |
ped | child |
radi/o | radiation, x-rays |
marrow | pit, lake |
-blast | build up |
-clast | break down |
-genesis | creation |
-genic | producing |
por/o | opening |
chondr/o | cartilage |
-plasia | formation |
-malacia | softening |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
sarc | flesh |
traction | to pull |
articul | joint |
duct | lead |
extension | stretch out |
flexion | to bend |
degenerat | deteriorate |
phalang/e | phalanx |
carp/o | bones of the wrist |
fascia | sheet of fibrous connective tissue |
striation | stripe |
mitt | to send |
sprain | a wrench or tear in a ligament |
strain | overstretch or tear in a muscle or tendon |
coccyx | tailbone |
brachi/o | arm |
insert | put together |
erg/o/nom/ic | pertaining to work law |
pronate | to bend forward |
supinate | face up |
thenar | palm |
amput | cut, prune |
con/tract/ure | process to draw together |
fluor/o | x-ray beam |
necr/o | death |
prosthesis | addition |
fibula | small of the two bones of the lower leg |
patella | kneecap |
popliteal fossa | hollow at the back of the knee |
tibia | larger bone of the low leg |
tars | flat surface |
podiatry | treatment of the foot |