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chapter 4 skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| functions of skeletal system | support, protection of internal organs, mineral storage, blood cell formation(hematopoiesis), anchoring site of muscles |
| bones | rigid dense organs that protect and support the body, 206 in adult body |
| joints | sites where bones join together |
| ligaments | bonds of tissue connect bone to bone |
| acr | extremities |
| ankyl | crooked, bent, stiff, fused together |
| arthr | joint |
| brachi | arm |
| burs | bursa (sac of fluid near joint) |
| calcane | calcaneus, heel bone |
| carp | wrist |
| cervic | neck, cervix(neck of uterus) |
| chir | hand |
| chondr | cartilage |
| clavicul | clavicle, collarbones |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| cubit | elbow |
| dactyl | digits (fingers or toes) |
| Dextr | to the right |
| femor | thigh bone |
| fibul | fibula, lower leg bone |
| humer | humerus, upper arm bone |
| hy | hyoid bone |
| ili | illium, top of the hip bone |
| kyph | humpback |
| lord | curve, swayback |
| lumb | lumbar region, loin |
| lux | slide |
| mandibul | mandible, lower jaw bone |
| menisc | meniscus, cartilage in the knee joint |
| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| narc | numbness, sleep, stupor |
| nas | nose |
| orth | straight |
| oste | bone |
| patell | patella, knee cap |
| ped | foot, child |
| phalang | phalanges, fingers or toes |
| physi | nature, function |
| por | opening, passageway, porous |
| pod | foot |
| pub | pubis, pubic region |
| pyret | fever |
| rachi | spine, vertebra |
| rheumat | watery flow |
| rhin | nose |
| sacr | sacrum |
| sarc | flesh, connective tissue |
| scoli | crooked, bent |
| sinistr | to the left |
| spondyl | vertebra, backbone |
| ster | solid structure, sterioid |
| stern | sternum, breastbone |
| styl | column, pillar, tube |
| synovi | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars | ankle |
| ten, tendin | tendon |
| tibi | tibia, lower leg bone |
| uln | ulna, lower arm bone |
| vertebr | vertebrae, spinal column boxes |
| ambi | both sides |
| anti | against |
| inter | between |
| intra | within, into |
| meta | change, beyond |
| non | not |
| peri | around, surrounding |
| poly | many, much, |
| sub | below, under, |
| supra | above |
| syn | together,with |
| al, an, ic, ous | pertaining to |
| algia | pain |
| ation | process, condition |
| centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| clast | to break down, destroy |
| desis | to bind, tie together |
| ectomy | surgical removal, excision |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| ism | process, condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| malacia | sofening |
| oid | like, resembling |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| osis | abnormal condition |
| penia | deficiency |
| physis | growth, growth plate |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |
| scope | instrument used to view |
| scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| tomy | process of cutting, incision |
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