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LOFM Chapter 15
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
Question | Answer |
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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 |