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Chapter 3 - Skeletal
Skeletal System Word Parts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked; bent, stiff, fused together |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | lumbar region; loin |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep stupor |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| pod/o | foot |
| pyret/o | fever |
| rachi/o | spine/vertebrae |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra; backbone |
| ster/o | solid structure |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| anti- | against |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| meta- | change; beyond |
| non- | not |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| sub- | below; under |
| supra- | above |
| syn- | together; with |
| -action | process; condition |
| -centisis | surgical procedure to remove fluid |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | like; resembling |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
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