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Ch2 skeletal system
Term | Definition |
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Arc/o | Extremeties |
Arth/o | Joint |
Brachi/o | Arm |
Burs/o | Bursa (sack of fluid near the joint) |
Carp/o | Wrist |
Cervic/o | Neck;cervix ( neck of uterus) |
Chir/o | Hand |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
Cost/o | Rib |
Crani/o | Skull |
Kyph/o | Humpback |
Lord/o | Curve/swayback |
Lumb/o | Lumbar region; loin |
Lux/o | Slide |
Myel/o | Bone marrow; spinal cord |
Narc/o | Numbness; sleep; stupor |
Orth/o | Straight |
Ped/o | Foot;child |
Pod/o | Foot |
Pyret/o | Fever |
Rachi/o | Spine; vertebrae |
Rheumat/o | Watery flow |
Sarc/o | Flesh; connective tissue |
Scoli/o | Crooked;bent |
Spondyl/o | Vertebrae; backboen |
Ster/o | Solid structure;steroid |
Synovi/o | Lubricating fluid of joints |
Tars/o | Ankle |
Ten/o tendin/o tendon/o | Tendon |
A-,an- | Not;without |
Anti- | Against |
Inter- | Between |
Intra- | Within;into |
Meta- | Change |
Non- | Not |
Peri- | Around |
Sub- | Below;under |
Supra- | Above |
Syn- | Together;with |
-al,-ic | Pertaining to |
-algia | Pain |
-ation | Process;condition |
-centetis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-desis | To bind; tie together |
-ectomy | Surgical removal; excision |
-itis | Inflammation |
-malacia | Softening |
-oid | Like;resembling |
-oma | Tumor;mass |
-osis | Abnormal condition |
-penia | Deficiency |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-porosis | Abnormal condition of holes |
-scope | Instrument used to view |
-scopy | Visual examination using a scope |
-tomy | Process of cutting; incision |