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Chapter 4
30 terms
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| oste/o, osse/o | bone |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| fibul/o | fibula (one of the lower leg bones) |
| flex/o | to bend |
| herni/o | hernia, rupture, protrusion |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (top of the hip bone) |
| kines/o, kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| lumb/o | loin, low back |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pector/o | chest |
| sacr/o | sacrum (the back of the pelvis) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra, spine |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis; hip region |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| electr/o | electricity |
| graphy | process of recording |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| path/o | disease |
| logic | pertaining to the study of |
| rheumatoid arthritis | gout |
| lord/o | curve |
| kyph/o | hump, bend |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| dys | painful, difficult |
| trophy | development |
| scler/o | hard |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| por/o | pore, duct, small opening |
| centesis | surgical puncturing |
| scopy | process of visually examining |