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CH 12 Skeletal syst.
prefixes, suffixes, root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skelet/o- | skeleton |
| -ac -al -ar -ary -ate -eal -ic -ine -ive -ile -ous | pertaining to |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| axi/o- | axis |
| appendicul/o- | limb; small attached part |
| crani/o- | cranium (skull) |
| front/o- | front |
| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
| sagitt/o- | going from front to back |
| occipit/o- | occiput (back of the head) |
| tempor/o- | temple (side of the head) |
| mast/o- | breast; mastoid process |
| -oid (look alike) | resembling |
| styl/o- | stake |
| sphen/o- | wedge shape |
| ethm/o- | sieve |
| nas/o- | nose |
| lacrim/o- | tears |
| maxill/o- | maxilla (upper jaw) |
| palat/o- | palate |
| mandibul/o- | mandible (lower jaw) |
| hy/o- | U-shaped structure |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| stern/o- | sternum (breast bone) |
| xiph/o- | sword |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cartilagin/o- chondr/o- | cartilage |
| spin/o- | spine; backbone |
| vertebr/o- spondyl/o- | vertebra |
| cervic/o- | neck; cervix |
| lumb/o- | lower back; area between the ribs and pelvis |
| sacr/o- | sacrum |
| coccyg/o- | coccyx (tail bone) |
| trans- | across; through |
| -verse | to travel; to turn |
| inter- | between |
| clavicul/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| scapul/o- | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| glen/o- | socket of a joint |
| -oid (look aike) | resembling |
| humer/o- | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| uln/o- | ulna (forearm bone) |
| glen/o- | socket of a joint |
| -oid (look aike) | resembling |
| humer/o- | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation |
| uln/o- | ulna (forearm bone) |
| phalang/o- | phalanx (finger or toe) |
| carp/o- | wrist |
| meta- | after; subsequent to; transition; change |
| phalang/o- dactyl/o- | phalanx (finger or toe) |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| pelv/o- | pelvis (hip bone; renal pelvis) |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| acetabul/o- | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| ischi/o- | ischium (hip bone) |
| ischi/o- | ischium (hip bone) |
| pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
| pub/o- | pubis (hip bone) |
| sym- | together; with |
| sym- | together; with |
| -physis | state of growing |
| -physis | state of growing |
| femor/o- | femur (thigh bone) |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| fibul/o- perone/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| patell/o- | patella (kneecap) |
| tars/o- | ankle |
| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| calcane/o- | calcaneus (heel bone) |
| arthr/o- articul/o- | joint |
| -ation | process; being or having |
| synovi/o- | synovium (membrane) |
| synovi/o- | synovium (membrane) |
| ligament/o- | ligament |
| osse/o- oste/o- | bone |
| peri- | around |
| diaphys/o- | shaft of the bone |
| epiphys/o- | growth area at the end of a long bone |
| cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
| medull/o- | medulla (inner region) |
| cancell/o- | lattice structure (spongy) |
| ossificat/o- | changing into a bone |
| -clast | cell that breaks down substances |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -cyte | cell |
| coron/o- | structure that encircles the crown |
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