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HSII Chpt. 8 MT
Orthopedics: Skeletal Medical Terminology (All Terms)
| 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- , amput/o- | to cut off |
| ankyl/o- | fused together; stiff |
| appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part |
| arthr/o- , 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)/synovial fluid |
| 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 |
| -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -eal, -ed, -ial, -ic, -ine, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ation | a process; being or having |
| -ative | pertaining to |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -centesis | procedure to puncture |
| -clast | cell that breaks down substances |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | procedure to fuse together |
| -ectomy | surgical excision |
| -ee | person who is the object of an action |
| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
| -gram | a record or picture |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition; state; thing |
| -ics | knowledge; practice |
| -ion | action; condition |
| -itis | inflammation of; infection of |
| -ization | process of making, creating, or inserting |
| -ment | action; state |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -olisthesis | abnormal condition with slipping |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -ory | having the function of |
| -osing | a condition of doing |
| -osis | condition; abnormal condition; process |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -pathy | disease; suffering |
| -physis | state of growing |
| -phyte | growth |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| -scope | instrument used to examine |
| -scopy | process of using an instrument to examine |
| -steroid | steroid |
| -tion | a process; being or having |
| -tome | instrument used to cut; area with distinct edges |
| -ure | system; result of |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
| a- | away from; without |
| an- | without; not |
| anti- | against |
| de- | reversal of; without |
| dis- | away from |
| extra- | outside of |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within |
| mal- | bad; inadequate |
| meta- | after; subsequent to: transition; change |
| non- | not |
| peri- | around |
| re- | again and again; backward; unable to |
| sym- | together; with |
| trans- | across; through |
| acetabulum | the deep socket of the hip joint |
| acromion | a long, flat projection from the scapula that connects to the clavicle |
| atlas | the first cervical vertebra (C1) |
| axis | the second cervical vertebra (C2) |
| bony | consisting of or resembling bone |
| bunion | an enlarged bump at the base of the great toe, often seen in women who wear pointy-toed shoes |
| calcaneus | heel bone; the largest tarsal bone |
| cartilage | a smooth, firm, but flexible connective tissue |
| cast | procedure in which a rigid support of plaster or fiberglass is applied around a fractured bone to immobilize the fracture to facilitate healing |
| clavicle | collar bone, thin rodlike bone on each side of the anterior neck |
| coccyx | tail bone; small fused vertebrae that are not individually numbered |
| Colles’ fracture | distal radius is broken by falling onto an outstretched hand |
| cranium | the domelike bone at the top of the head |
| DEXA scan | procedure that measures bone mineral density (BMD) to examine for osteoporosis |
| diaphysis (pl. diaphyses) | the straight shaft of a long bone |
| digit | another term for fingers or toes |
| disk (also disc) | any of various rounded or flattened anatomical structures, as intervertebral disk |
| displaced | out of normal anatomical alignment |
| epiphysis (pl. epiphyses) | the two widened ends of a long bone |
| Ewing’s sarcoma | a malignant bone tumor occurring mainly in young men |
| femur (pl. femora) | thigh bone |
| fibula (pl. fibulae) | the very thin bone on the lateral side of the lower leg |
| fontanel | large areas of fibrous connective tissue between the cranial bones in the fetus and small child |
| foramen | the hole through which the spinal cord passes |
| foramen magnum | a large, round opening through which the spinal cord passes to join the brain |
| fossa | a depression |
| genu valgum | congenital deformity in which the knees are rotated toward the midline (knock-knee) |
| genu varum | congenital deformity in which the knees are rotated laterally away from each other (bowleg) |
| gout | metabolic disorder of high level of uric acid in the blood, most often in men in the great toe (big toe) |
| graft | to implant (living tissue) surgically |
| hallux | the innermost digit (as the big toe in humans) |
| hallux valgus | deformity in which the great toe as angled laterally toward the other toes |
| humerus (pl. humeri) | the long bone in the upper arm |
| ilium | the most superior of the hip bones |
| ischium | the most inferior of the hip bones |
| joint | where two bones come together |
| ligament | strong fibrous bands of connective tissue that hold two bones together in a synovial joint |
| Lyme disease | arthritis caused by a bacterium in the bit of an infected deer tick |
| malleolus (pl. malleoli) | the bony protuberance on either side of the ankle, at the lower end of the fibula or of the tibia |
| mandible | the lower jaw bone |
| manubrium | the triangular upper portion of the sternum |
| maxilla | the upper jaw bone |
| meniscus (pl. menisci) | a special crescent-shaped cartilage pad in some synovial joints (the knee) |
| metatarsal | the five bones of the midfoot, one for each toe |
| nondisplaced | in normal anatomical alignment |
| nucleus pulposus | the gelatinous substance inside of each intervertebral disk |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : being on an incline |
| olecranon | a large, square projection that forms the point of the elbow |
| ossicle | each of three tiny bones in each middle ear |
| patella (pl. patellae) | kneecap, a small, round bone anterior to the knee joint |
| pectus excavatum | a congenital chest deformity caused by depression of the breastbone, or sternum |
| pelvis | the hip bones as well as the sacrum and coccyx of the spinal column |
| periosteum | a thick, fibrous membrane covering the surface of a bone |
| phalanx (pl. phalanges) | the individual bones of the fingers and toes |
| process | projection allowing for the attachment of muscles or tendons |
| prosthesis | a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body |
| pubis | pubic bone, a small, bridgelike bone, is the most anterior of the hip bones |
| radius (pl. radii) | the bone in the forearm that lies on the thumb side |
| ray amputation | an operation to remove the fingers or toes |
| rongeur | a forceps that is used to remove small bone fragments |
| sacrum | a group of five fused vertebrae that are not individually numbered, except for the first (S1) |
| scapula (pl. scapulae) | shoulder blade, a triangular-shaped bone on either side of the spinal column in the upper back |
| skeleton | the internal structure composed of bone and cartilage that protects and supports the soft organs, tissues, and other parts of a vertebrate organism |
| skull | the line where one cranial bone meets another |
| spine | backbone |
| sprain | overstretching or tearing of a ligament |
| sternum | breast bone |
| suture | the line of union in an immovable articulation (as between the bones of the skull) |
| talipes equinovarus | congenital deformity in which the foot is pulled downward and toward the midline (clubfoot) |
| thorax | rib cage |
| tibia (pl. tibiae) | shin bone |
| tophus (pl. tophi) | masses of uric acid crystals in the soft tissues |
| ulna (pl. ulnae) | the forearm bone that lies on the little finger side |
| vertebra (pl. vertebrae) | any of the bony or cartilaginous segments that make up the spinal column |
| vomer | a narrow wall of bone that forms the inferior part of the nasal septum |
| x-ray | procedure to diagnose bony abnormalities |
| zygoma (zygomatic bone) | the bone that forms each cheek bone the edge of the eye socket |
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