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A& P
Chaper 15.
Question | Answer |
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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 |