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CH 8 Study Guide
CH 8 REVIEW (Orthopedics: Skeletal - Combining Forms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| alges/o- | sensation of pain |
| alg/o- | pain |
| align/o- | arranged in a straight line |
| all/o- | other ; strange |
| amputat/o- | to cut off |
| amput/o- | to cut off |
| ankyl/o- | fused together ; stiff |
| appendicul/o- | limb ; small attached part |
| arthr/o- | joint |
| articul/o- | joint |
| aut/o- | self |
| axi/o- | axis |
| bunion/o- | bunion |
| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| cancell/o- | lattice structure |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| cartilagin/o- | cartilage |
| cervic/o- | neck ; cervix |
| chondr/o- | cartilage |
| clavicul/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coccyg/o- | coccyx (tail bone) |
| comminut/o- | break into small pieces |
| compress/o- | press together |
| congenit/o- | present at birth |
| coron/o- | structure that encircles like a crown |
| corpor/o- | body |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| cost/o- | rib |
| crani/o- | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o- | finger or toe |
| densit/o- | density |
| depress/o- | press down |
| dextr/o- | right |
| diaphys/o- | shaft of a bone |
| disk/o- | disk |
| epiphys/o- | growth area at the end of a long bone |
| ethm/o- | sieve |
| extern/o- | outside |
| femor/o- | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| fixat/o- | to make stable or still |
| fract/o- | break up |
| front/o- | front |
| gen/o- | arising from ; produced by |
| gener/o- | production ; creation |
| glen/o- | socket of a joint |
| goni/o- | angle |
| hem/o- | blood |
| humer/o- | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hy/o- | U-shaped structure |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| inflammat/o- | redness and warmth |
| ischi/o- | ischium (hip bone) |
| kyph/o- | bent ; humpbacked |
| lacrim/o- | tears |
| lev/o- | left |
| ligament/o- | ligament |
| locat/o- | a place |
| log/o- | word ; the study of |
| lord/o- | swayback |
| lumb/o- | lower back ; area between the ribs and pelvis |
| malac/o- | softening |
| mandibul/o- | mandible (lower jaw) |
| mast/o- | breast ; mastoid process |
| maxill/o- | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| medull/o- | medulla (inner region) |
| mineral/o- | mineral ; electrolyte |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| myel/o- | bone marrow ; spinal cord ; myelin |
| nas/o- | nose |
| necr/o- | dead cells, tissue, or body |
| occipit/o- | occiput (back of the head) |
| orth/o- | straight |
| osse/o- | bone |
| ossificat/o- | changing into bone |
| oste/o- | bone |
| palat/o- | palate |
| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
| patell/o- | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o- | disease ; suffering |
| ped/o- | child |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone ; renal pelvis) |
| perone/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| phalang/o- | phalanx (finger or toe) |
| physic/o- | body |
| por/o- | small openings ; pores |
| prosthet/o- | artificial part |
| pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone) ; x-rays ; radiation |
| reduct/o- | to bring back ; decrease |
| rheumat/o- | watery discharge |
| sacr/o- | sacrum |
| sagitt/o- | going from front to back |
| sarc/o- | connective tissue |
| scapul/o- | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| scint/i- | point of light |
| scoli/o- | curved ; crooked |
| scop/o- | examine with an instrument |
| skelet/o- | skeleton |
| sorb/o- | to suck up |
| sorp/o- | to suck up |
| sphen/o- | wedge shape |
| spin/o- | spine ; backbone |
| spir/o- | breathe ; a coil |
| spondyl/o- | vertebra |
| stern/o- | sternum (breast bone) |
| steroid/o- | steroid |
| styl/o- | stake |
| synovi/o- | synovium (membrane) |
| tars/o- | ankle |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| therap/o- | treatment |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| tom/o- | cut ; slice ; layer |
| tract/o- | pulling |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| uln/o- | ulna (forearm bone) |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| vertebr/o- | vertebra |
| xiph/o- | sword |
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