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Med Term Ch. 15
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calco | calcio |
| kypho | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
| lamino | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| lordo | curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
| lumbo | loins, lower back |
| myelo | bone marrow |
| ortho | straight |
| osteo | bone |
| scoli | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
| spondylo | vertebra |
| vertebro | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| acetabulo | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcaneo | calcaneus (heel) |
| carpo | carpals (wrist bones) |
| claviculo | clavicle (collar bone) |
| costo | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
| cranio | cranium (skull) |
| femoro | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibulo | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| humero | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ilio | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| ischio | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| malleolo | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
| mandibulo | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| maxillo | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| metacarpo | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatarso | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| olecrano | olecranon (elbow) |
| patello | patella (kneecap) |
| pelvi | pelvis (hipbone) |
| peroneo | fibula |
| phalango | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
| pubo | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| radio | radius (lower arm bone- thumb side) |
| scapulo | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| sterno | sternum (breastbone) |
| tarso | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
| tibio | tibia (shin bone) |
| ulno | ulna (lower arm bone- little finger side) |
| ankylo | stiff |
| arthro | joint |
| articulo | joint |
| burso | bursa |
| chondro | cartilage |
| ligamento | ligament |
| rheumato | watery flow |
| synovo | synovial membrane |
| teno | tendon |
| tendino | tendon |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| fascio | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
| fibro | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomyo | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs |
| myo | muscle |
| myocardio | heart muscle |
| myoso | muscle |
| planto | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomyo | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development, nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many, much |