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med-term 15a
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | water flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| car/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs (12 pairs - pair 1 to 7 true, 8-10 false, 11-12 floating) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| humer/o | humerous (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process on each side of ankle) |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
| perone/o | fibula (smaller of 2 lower leg bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger &or toes) |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone - thumb side) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tars/o | tarsals(bones of hindfoot) |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (forearm bone - little finger side) |
| fasci/o | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines walls of internal organs |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
| sarc/o | flesh and muscle |
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