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Module 2
study guide ch. 4, 5, 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip(o)- | fat |
| cutane- | skin |
| dermat(o)- derm | skin |
| hidro- | sweat |
| ichthy- | dry, scaley |
| kerat(o)- | horny tissue, hard (eye or skin) |
| lip(o)- | fat |
| myc(o)- | fungus |
| necr(o)- | death |
| onych(o)- | nail |
| papul(o)- | small elevation or swelling in skin |
| pil(o)- | hair |
| psor- | itching |
| scler(o) | hardening, (sclera white of the eye) |
| sclerosis- | hardening |
| steat(o)- | fat |
| squamous(o)- | covered with or consisting of scales |
| trich(i)- trichia- trich(o)- | hair, hair like |
| ungu(o)- | nail |
| xer(o)- | dry |
| fasci(o)- | band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles) |
| kin(e)- kin(o)- kinesi(o)- | movement |
| muscul(o)- | muscle |
| my(o)- | muscle |
| ten(o)- tendin(o)- tend(o)- | tendon |
| sarco- | flesh, connective tissue |
| arthr(o)- | joint |
| articul(o)- | joint |
| brachi(o)- | the arm |
| burs(o)- | bursa, (fluid sac between the bones |
| chondr(o)- | cartilage |
| -clast | to destroy, break down |
| dent- | pertaining to teeth |
| ischio- | ischium (lower portion of hip bone |
| kyph(o)- | humpback |
| -malacia | softening |
| myel(o)- | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| odont(o)- | teeth |
| orth(o)- | straight |
| osseo- | bony |
| ossi- | bone |
| ost(e)- oste(o)- | bone |
| ped- -ped -pes | pertaining to the foot |
| pelv(i)- pelv(o)- | pelvis |
| pyel(o)- | renal pelvis |
| scoli(o)- | crooked, bent , twisted |
| spondyl(o)- | vertabrae, backbone |
| brachi(o)- | arm |
| dactyl(o)- | fingers, toes |
| phalang(o)- | bones of fingers and toes |
| cephal(o)- | head |
| crani(o)- | head |
| calcane(o)- | calcanum , heel bone |
| patell(o)- | kneecap, patella |
| lumb(o)- | loins, lower back, lumbar spine |
| pelv(i)- | pelvis |
| pyel(o)- | renal pelvis |
| cost(o)- | ribs |
| thorac(o)- thorac(i)- | chest, (rib cage) |
| om(o)- | shoulder |
| crani(o)- | skull |
| spin(o)- | spine |
| vertebr(o)- | spine |
| spondyl(o)- | spine |
| caud(o)- | tail |
| femor(o)- | femur (thigh bone) |
| carp(o)- | wrist |
| super(o)- | upper, above |
| venter(o)- | belly, belly side |
| anter(o)- | anterior, front |
| dors(o)- | back of body |
| poster(o)- | back of body, behind |
| somat(o)- | body |
| cyt(o)- | cell |
| acr(o)- | extremety |
| dist(o)- | far, farthest |
| -genesis | forming, producing |
| viscer(o)- | internal organs |
| infer(o)- | lower, below |
| medi(o)- | middle |
| proxim(o)- | near, nearest |
| kary(o)- | nucleus |
| nucle(o)- | nucleus |
| later(o)- | side, to one side |
| hist(o)- | tissue |
| melan(o)- | black |
| cyan(o)- | blue |
| poli(o)- | gray |
| chlor- | green |
| porphyr(o)- | purple |
| erythr(o)- | red |
| rhod(o)- | red |
| leuk- leuc- | white |
| cirrh(o)- | yellow |
| xanth(o)- | yellow |
| jaund(o)- | yellow |
| tendons | anchor muscle to bone |
| ligaments | connects bone to bone |
| fascia | separates muscle layers |
| bursa | protects against friction forces |
| Midsagittal plane | Lateral and medial |
| Coronal plane | Anterior and posterior |
| Transverse plane | Superior and inferior |
| Inguin/al | Pertaining to the groin |
| Ilium | Ili/ac Flaring portion of hip bone |
| Umbilic/o | Pertaining to the naval |
| Hernia | Protrusion of any organ through the structure that contains it. |
| Gangrene | Death and decay of soft tissue |
| Febrile | Fever |
| Osis | Abnormal condition |
| Perforation | Hole that completely penetrates a structure |
| tenodesis | binding, fixation of a tendon |
| leiomyoma | tumor of smooth muscle |
| synovitis | inflamation of the synovial membrane |
| pertaining to the patella | patellar |
| poor painful development | dystrophy |
| pertaining to under, below the ribs | infracoastal |
| abnormal condition of being bent or twisted | ankylosis |
| ankyl/o | bent crooked or twisted |
| instrument to incise a bone | osteo tome |
| inflammation of a joint | arthrititis |
| condition of joined fingers or toes | syndactylism |
| surgical fracture of a bone | osteoclasia |
| surgical repair of fascia | fascioplasty |
| bone cells | osteocytes |
| pain in bones | ostealgia |
| disease of bones and joints | osteoarthropathy |
| beginning or formation of bones | osteogenesis |
| pertaining to the neck | cervical |
| pertaining to the neck and arm | cervicobrachial |
| pertaining to the neck and face | cervicofacial |
| tumor of bone marrow | myeloma |
| sarcoma of bone marrow (cells) | myelosarcoma |
| bone marrow cell | myelocyte |
| resembling bone marrow | myeloid |
| -oid | resembling |
| pertaining to above the sternum | suprasternal |
| resembling the breastbone | sternoid |
| embryonic cell that forms cartilage | chondroblast |
| inflammation of a joint | arthritis |
| inflammation of bones and joints | osteoarthritis |
| instrument for measuring the pelvis | pelvimeter |
| twitching of a muscle | myospasm |
| any disease of a muscle | myopathy |
| rupture of a muscle | myorrhexis |
| excision of one or more of the phalanges | phalangectomy |
| incision of the thorax | thoracotomy |
| excision of a vertabrae | vertebrectomy |
| binding of a joint | arthrodesis |
| repair of a muscle tissue | myoplasty |
| adduction | moving towards the medial plane |
| eversion | turning outward |
| inversion | turning inward or inside out |
| plantar | pertaining to the soul of the foot |
| proximal | nearer to the center trunk of the body |
| superficial | toward the surface of the body |
| eti- | cause |
| morph/o | form shape, structure |
| toward | ad |
| transabdominal | pertaing to across the abdomen |
| discharge of white material | leukorrhea |
| surgical repair of crainium | cranioplasty |
| pain in the back of the body | dorsalgia |
| destruction or breakdown | lysis |
| destruction of a cell | cytolyisis |
| abnormal condition of redness | erythrosis |
| fibrous bands that bind together tissues that are normally separtated | adhesion |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ through the structure that normally contains it |
| death and decay of soft tissue | gangrene |
| ascites | abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity |
| edema | abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissue spaces |
| entire biopsy removed | excisional |
| cauterize | to destroy tissue by electricity, heat or freezing |
| CT (computed tomography) | Generates detailed cross sectional images that appear as a slice. |
| cell composed of fat | lipocyte |
| skin containing pus | pyoderma |
| skin that is dry | xeroderma |
| abnormal condition without sweat | anhidrosis |
| dry or scaley skin | ichthycosis |
| skin that has hardened | scleroderma |
| discharge or flow of sebum | seborrhea |
| disease of the hair | trichopathy |
| hernia containing fat | lipocele |
| bulla | a blister that develops on the surface of the lung |
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