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skin /muscle terms
skin terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adip/o , Lip/o, Steat/o | fat |
| Derm/o, Dermat/o | skin |
| cutene/o | skin |
| -lysis | separation |
| pil/o, Trich/o | hair |
| Hidr/o | sweat |
| squam/o | scale |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| seb/o sebace/o | oil |
| leuko- | white |
| erythro- | red |
| xantho- | yellowing |
| melano- | black |
| Bx | biopsy |
| bi- | life |
| -opsy | to view |
| -tomy | to cut |
| Urticaria | hives |
| Rhyti | wrinckle |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -osis, -sis | condition |
| tinea | fungal infection |
| cry/o | cold |
| oste/o | bone |
| crani/o | skull |
| cervic/o | spine or neck |
| Spondyl/o | spinal column |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| brachi/o | muscle in the arm |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| carp/o | wrist |
| metacrp/o | hand |
| cost/o | rib |
| femor/o | femur |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tibi/o | sheen |
| chondr/o | Cartlidge |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa sac |
| ten/o , tend/o , tendin/o | tendons |
| my/o, myos/o , muscul/o | muscle |
| fasci/o | fibers membrane that cover muscles |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| ton/o | tone, or tenton |
| tax/o | coronation |
| -paresis or -plegia | paralyzed |
| ankl/o | bent |