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A& P
Chaper 15.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | Curve swayback |
| lumb/o | loins lowerback |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore passage |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| carp/o | carpels (wrist bone) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| malleo/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hip bone) |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger / or toe bones) |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| tars/o | tarsals |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone little finger side) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth |
| my/o | muscle |
| mycocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly- | many much |
| AC JOINT | acromioclavicular joint |
| CTS | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| EMG | electromyography |
| IM | intramuscular |
| ORIF | open reduction (of fracture)/internal fixation |
| TKR | total knee replacement |
| THR | total hip replacement |
| TMJ | temporomandibular joint |
| RSI | repetitive strain syndrome |
| Paget's Diseas | Also known as osteitis Deformans |
| abduction | movement away from the midline of the body adduction movement toward the midline of the body |
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julie.ellis
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