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Medical Terminology
Skeletal System Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ankyl/o | crooked, bent, or stiff |
| arth/o | joint |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| lysis | loosening or setting free, breaking down or destruction and may indicate either a pathologic state or a therapeutic procedure |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | act as the framework for the body, protect the internal organs, and store the mineral calcium |
| poietic | pertaining to formation |
| scoli/o | curved |
| spondyl/o | vertebrate |