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Med Term Chap 3 & 4
Med Term Chap 3 & 4 & 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| oste/o, oss/i, osse/o | bone |
| arthr/o, articul/o | joint |
| ligament/o, syndesm/o | ligament |
| tendin/o, tend/o, ten/o | tendon |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| chondr/o, cartilag/o | cartilage |
| hemat/o | blood |
| -poiesis | formation |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child |
| rheumatology | specialty deals with connective tissue |
| appendic/o | appendicular |
| -cyte | cell |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -clast | breaking down |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| dia- | through |
| -physis | growth |
| osteocytes | mature bone cells |
| matrix | material between the cells |
| osteoblasts | cells that build bone |
| osteoclasts | cells that break down bone |
| fissur/o | fissure - deep cleft or groove |
| foramin/o | foramen - opening or hole |
| foss/o | fossa - hollow or depression |
| sin/o, sinus/o | sinus - cavity or channel lined with membrane |
| sulc/o | sulcus - groove or depression in anatomic structure |
| condyl/o | condyle - rounded projection at the end of a bone |
| crest | narrow elongated elevation |
| epicondyl/o | projection on surface of bone above condyle |
| head | rounded, usually proximal portion of some long bones |
| spin/o | spine |
| trochanter/o | trochanter - one of two bony projections on proximal ends of femurs |
| tubercul/o | tubercle - nodule or small raised area |
| tuberosity | elevation or proturbance |
| crani/o | skull, cranium |
| faci/o | face |
| front/o | frontal |
| pariet/o | parietal |
| occipit/o | occipital |
| tempor/o | temporal |
| mastoid/o | mastoid |
| frontal bone | forehead |
| parietal bone | sides of cranium |
| occipital bone | back of the skull |
| temporal bone | lower two sides of cranium |
| mastoid process | posterior part of the bone behind ear |
| ethmoid bone | roof and walls of nasal cavity |
| sphenoid bone | anterior to temporal bones |
| zygoma | cheek bone |
| lacrimal | paired bones at corner of each eye |
| maxilla | upper jaw bone |
| mandible | lower jaw bone |
| vomer | forms posterior/inferior part of nasal septum |
| palatine | roof of mouth |
| inferior nasal conchae | interior of nose |
| cost/o | rib |
| -al | pertaining to |
| stern/o | sternum |
| xiph/o | xiphoid |
| vertebr/o, spondyl/o | vertebra |
| cervical region | neck bones C1 - C7 |
| thoracic region | upper back T1 - T12 |
| Lumbar region | lower back L1-L5 |
| Sacral region | sacrum S1-S5 (5 bones, fused) |
| coccygeal region | coccyx or tailbone |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| clavicul/o, cleid/o | clavicle |
| humer/o | humerus - upper arm bone |
| radi/o | radius - lower lateral armbone |
| uln/o | ulna - lower medial arm |
| olecran/o | olecranon - proximal projection |
| carp/o | carpal - wrist bones - 8 |
| metacarp/o | metacarpal - five bones form middle part of hand |
| phalang/o | phalanx - 14 bones that constitute fingers |
| digit/o, dactyl/o | digitus |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| pub/o | pubis |
| femor/o | femur - upper thigh bone |
| patell/o, patell/a | patella - kneecap |
| tibi/o | tibia - shin bone |
| fibul/o, perone/o | fibula - smaller, lower lateral leg bone |
| malleol/o | malleolus - process on distal ends of tibia/fibula |
| tars/o | tarsal - seven bones of ankle, hindfoot, midfoot |
| metatars/o | metatarsal - five foot bones |
| calcane/o | calcaneus - heel bone |
| syn- | together |
| -sis | condition |
| amphi- | both |
| synovi/o | synovial - complex of joints |
| burs/o | bursa - sacs of fluid, located between bones of joint, hold tendons |
| menisc/o | meniscus - crescent-shaped cartilage in knee joint |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal muscle |
| leiomy/o | smooth muscle - involuntary movement |
| mycardi/o | heart muscle |
| ceps | heads |
| brachi/o | arm |
| glute/o | buttock |
| duct/o | carrying |
| ad- | toward |
| stern/o | breastbone |
| cleid/o | collarbone |
| vers/o | turning |
| -ion | process of |
| pro- | forward |
| tract/o | pulling |
| rot/o | wheel |
| -ation | process of |
| occulta | hidden |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| -dynia | pain |
| por/o | passage |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| -oid | resembling |
| -centesis | surgical procedure |
| -desis | binding |
| kyph/o | round back |
| ankyl/o | stiffening |
| -clasis | intentional breaking |
| derm/o, dermat/o, cut/o, cutane/o | skin |
| trich/o, pil/o | hair |
| onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
| seb/o, sebac/o | oil, sebum |
| hidr/o, sudor/i | sweat |
| adip/o | fat |
| squam/o | scaly |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| bas/o | basal |
| -ferous | pertaining to carrying |
| sudoriferous | sweat, glands |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| hidraden/o | sudoriferous gland |
| tel/e | far |
| -ectasia | dilation |
| eczema, carbuncle | dermatitis |
| myc/o | fungus |
| vulgar/o | common |
| carcinoma | cancer of epithelial origin |
| sarcoma | connective tissue cancer |
| all/o | other |
| auto- | self |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| occlus/o | to close |
| -ive | pertaining to |
| xen/o | foreign |
| eschar/o | scab |
| cry/o | extreme cold |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| BCC | basal cell carcinoma |
| Bx | biopsy |
| Decub | pressure ulcer |
| FB | foreign body |
| H | hypodermic |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| HSV-1 | herpes simplex 1 |
| HSV-2 | herpes simplex 2 |
| I&D | incision and drainage |
| ID | intradermal |
| KS | Kaposi sarcoma |
| PPD | purified protein derivative |
| PUVA | psoralen plus ultraviolet A |
| SCC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| SG | skin graft |
| STSG | split-thickness skin graft |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TTS | transdermal therapeutic system |
| teeth | dent/i, odont/o |
| roof of mouth | palat/o |
| tongue | gloss/o, lingu/o |
| gums | gingiv/o |
| mouth | or/o, stomat/o, stom/o |
| lips | labi/o, cheil/o |
| cheek | bucc/o |
| salivary gland | sialaden/o |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| saliva | sial/o |
| throat | pharyng/o |
| esophagus | esophag/o |
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