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Med Language Ch. 8
Turley - Orthopedics -Skeletal System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| orth/o- | straight |
| ped/o- | child |
| -ics | practice;knowledge |
| cranial | pertaining to the skull |
| ossicles | three tiny bones of the middle ear |
| humerus | upper arm bone |
| sternum | breast bone |
| fossa | shallow depression |
| clavicle | collar bone |
| scapula | shoulder blade |
| foramen | hole in a bone (through which vessels or nervous tissues pass) |
| acetabulum | deep socket of the hip joint |
| carpals | eight wrist bones |
| phalanges | bones of the fingers |
| digits | fingers or toes |
| metacarpals | five main bones of the hands |
| calcaneus | heel bone |
| tarsal | pertaining to the ankle |
| patella | kneecap bone |
| metatarsal | five main bones of the mid foot |
| hallux | great (big) toe |
| femur | thigh bone |
| ligament | connective tissue that holds bones together |
| periosteum | a thick fibrous membarane that covers a bone |
| diaphysis | shaft of a bone |
| epiphysis | widened end of a bone where growth takes place |
| medullary cavity | center of a bone with is filles with yellow bone marrow |
| cancellous bone | spongy bone found in the epiphyses which are filled with yellow bone marrow |
| cortical bone | a layer of dense compact bone for weight bearing found along the shaft (diaphysis) |
| ossification | the gradual replacing of cartilage with bone that takes place as the body matures |
| fontanel | soft spot on a baby's head where the sutures are still open |
| lacrim/o- | tears |
| axial skeleton | bonesw of the head, chest and back |
| appendicular skeleton | bones of the shoulder, upper and lower extremities |
| cervical vertebrae | bones of the spinal column of the neck (7) |
| thoracic vertebrae | Vertebrae T1 - T12 of the spinal column of the chest. (ribs attach to these vertebra) |
| lumbar vertebrae | Vertebra L1 - L5 of the lower back |
| coccyx | several small fused vertebra inferior to the sacrum (also know as the tail bone) |
| pelvis | made up of the ischium, ilium and pubis. |
| joint | anywhere two bones come together (articulate) |
| suture joint | immoveable joint in the skull which contains no cartilage |
| symphysis joint | a slightly moveable joint with a fibrocartilage pad or disc between the bones (between vertebral discs or the pubic bones) |
| synovial joint | a fully moveable joint (hinge (knee, elbow) or ball and socket (hip and shoulder)) has two bones whose ends are covered with cartilage |
| -malacia | softening of the tissues (including bone) |
| kyphosis | abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the upper back causing a hump |
| oste/o- | combining form meaning bone |
| lordosis | abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar or cervical area (swayback) |
| anklyosis | stiffening and immobility of a joint due to disease |
| hypotonia | decreased muscle tone |
| spondylolisthesis | any forward slipping of one vertebral body over another |
| chondr/o- | combining form meaning "cartilage" |
| cost/o- | combining form meaning "rib" |
| spondyl/o- | spinal cord |
| -olisthesis | abnormal condition with slipping |
Created by:
mhood@harpercollege.edu
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