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CHAPTER 15
a&p m&t
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| spondyl/o | vertabra or backbone |
| malleol/o | malleolus-process on each side of the ankle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal or striated muscle connected to bones |
| leiomy/o | smooth or visceral muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hip bone) |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hind foot) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller, lower leg bone) |
| phalang/o | fingers and or toe bones |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| -physis | to grow |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| burs/o | bursa |
| -desis | to bind or tie together |
| uln/a | ulna (lower arm bone on the little finger side) |
| my/o | muscle |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| fasci/o | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
| articul/o | joint |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| orth/o | straight |
| myos/o | muscle |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| oste/o | bone |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| perone/o | fibula |
| cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs or floating ribs) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| -clast | to break |
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| radi/o | radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone) |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| kyph/o | hunchback;humpback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
| lumb/o | lower back or loins |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many or much |
| -trophy | development or nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad | toward |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| -malacia | softening |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
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