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LOFM Chapter 15
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region0 |
| lamin/o | lamina(part of the vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback(anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
| spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure) | vertebra |
| vertebr/o (used to describe the structure itself) | 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 | carpals (wrist bone) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| femor/o | femur (tight bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| 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 bone) |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis (hipbone) |
| perone/o | fibula(smaller of the two lower leg bones) |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
| pub/o | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
| radi/o | radius (forearm bone- thumb side) |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder bone) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone -- larger of the two lower leg bones) |
| uln/o | ulna (forearm bone -- little finger side) |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint; promotes smooth sliding of one tissue against another) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| ligamet/o | ligament |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| -desis | to bind, tie together |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
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