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LOM Ch 15 Term
Medical Terminology Musculoskeletal System - bones
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature of thoracic region of spine) |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | swayback (anterior curvature in lumbar region of spine) |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature of spine) |
| spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebra |
| -blast | embryonic or immature cell |
| -clast | to break- |
| listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore, passage |
| -tome | instument to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (small bone of lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus *upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| peone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (figter or toe bones) |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone on thumb side) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of foot below ankle) |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (forearm bone on little finger side) |
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