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ch 4-6
medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| palpebr | eyelid |
| hallux | big toe |
| myco | fungus |
| plexus | braid |
| vaso | vessel |
| onych | nail, claw |
| plasia | development |
| emesis | vomitting |
| thalam | inner chamber |
| cilia | eyelash |
| celio | abdomen |
| contra | counter, against |
| colpo | hollow, vagina |
| acousti | hearing |
| aur | ear |
| rug | wrinkle, fold, crease |
| pyle, pyloro | gate |
| bili | bile |
| semen | seed |
| lobo | section |
| lact | milk |
| iasis | condition |
| mening | membrane |
| ren | kidney |
| cor | heart |
| viscero | organ |
| trans | through, across |
| orchi | testis |
| cec | blind passage |
| macul | spot |
| pexy | suspension |
| onco | tumor |
| or | mouth |
| phleb | vein |
| spiro | coil |
| brady | slow |
| histo | tissue |
| sphenic | wedge |
| anti | against |
| vesic | bladder |
| thorac | chest |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cheil | lip |
| cele | hernia |
| odont | teeth |
| lacrim | tear |
| salpingo | tube |
| cantho | angle at the end of the eyelid |
| benign | mild, not cancerous |
| phon | voice, sound |
| leio | smooth |
| squam | scale |
| ovar | egg |
| umbilic | navel |
| dendr | tree, branching |
| myring | eardrum |
| pilo | hair |
| stoma | mouth |
| tympan | eardrum |
| cauda | tail |
| spondyl | spinal column, vertebrae |
| lingua | language |
| physio | nature |
| encephal | brain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| bucco | cheek |
| collarbone | clavicle |
| what does the tendon do | connects muscle to bone |
| breastbone | sternum |
| back of body | dorsal |
| term for body not hanging | axial |
| term for body hanging | appendicular |
| side temples | temporal |
| wrist bones | carpal |
| kneecap | patella |
| point of the elbow | olecranon process |
| what does cartilage do | creates smooth surface for motion |
| surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity | osteoclasis |
| cheekbones | zygomatic |
| tailbone | coccyx |
| 3 types of muscle | smooth, cardiac, skeletal |
| sound heard when ends of broken bone move together | crepitation |
| heelbone | calcaneous |
| front of body | ventral |
| what does fascia do | cover and seperate muscles |
| shoulder blade | scapula |
| what do muscles do | make body movement possible |
| what do ligaments do | connect one bone to another |
| what does bone marrow do | create blood cells |
| kyph/o | hump |
| ankyl/o | bent, stiff, crooked |
| lower jaw | mandible |
| bone on big toe side | tibia |
| above tailbone | sacral |
| upper arm | humerous |
| funny bone | ulna |
| bone just below urinary bladder | pubis |
| upper thigh | femur |
| hip socket | acetabulum |
| bone on small toe side | fibula |
| upper jaw | maxilla |
| what do joints do | work with muscles to make motion |
| fracture where ends of bone are crushed together | comminuted |
| bunion | hallux valgus |
| thumbside | radius |
| opening in which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass | foramen |
| upper sternum | manubrium |
| lower back of skull | occipital |
| upper back of skull | parietal |
| back of the neck | cervical vertebrae |
| front of skull | frontal |
| low back pain | lumbago |
| transplant using bone marrow from donor | allogenic |
| pronation | palm down |
| secondary bone cancer | metastasis |
| shaft of a long bone | diaphysis |
| club foot | talipes |
| partial displacement of bone from its joints | subluxation |
| pulling force on distal end of affected limb | traction |
| footbone | metatarsal |
| what does bursa do | cushions area subject to friction during movement |
| lord/o | bent backwards, forward curvature |
| scoli/o | curved |
| depression | going down |
| elevation | going up |
| extension | straightening joint |
| flexion | bending of joint |
| plantaflexion | toes down |
| dorsiflexion | toes up |
| circumduction | making a circle |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CR | closed reduction |
| TMJ | temporal mandibular joint |
| Fx | fracture |
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