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Med Terms. Ch.6
Ch.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| orth/o | straight |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| mastoid/o | mastoid process |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| -malacia | softening |
| malac/o | softening |
| lumb/o | loins; lower back |
| lord/p | swayback; bent |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| kyph/o | humpback; pertaining to a hump |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| ili/o | ilium |
| humer/o | humerus |
| gen/o | to produce |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| femor/o | femur |
| crani/o | skull, cranium |
| cost/o | ribs |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| clavicul/o | collarbone |
| -clast, -clastic | to break |
| carp/o | wrist |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| calc/o , calc/i | calcium |
| -blast, -blast/o | embryonic stage or development |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| termpor/o | temples of the head |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| stern/o | sternum |
| sten/o | short, contacted, or narrow |
| spondly/o | vertebra |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| radi/o | radiation, also refers to the radius |
| rach/i | spinal column |
| pub/o | pubis |
| -porosis | porous lessening in density |
| por/o | cavity, opening, passage or pore |
| -physis | growth, growing |
| phalang/o | fingers, toes |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| patell/o, patell/a | kneecap |
| oste/o | bone |