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Unit 4 WE med term
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| arthr/o | joint |
| aristicul/o | joint |
| burs/o | sack |
| carp/o | carpus |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertabrae) |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| lumb/o | loin (low back between ribs and pelvis) |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| medull/o | inner region |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | child; foot |
| prosthet/o | addition |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius; ray (x-ray) |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertabrae |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| tars/o | tarsus |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| duct/o | to bring |
| extens/o | to stretch out |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| flex/o | to bend |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| rotat/o | to revolve |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| vers/o | to turn |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -ion | action |
| -kinesia | movement |
| -tonia | tone |
| -trophic | pertaining to development |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| circum- | around |
| e- | outward |