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Chabner Ch 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback,hunchback |
| lamin/o | lamina(part of the vertebral arch) |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | loins, lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| spondyl/o (used to make words about the 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 bones) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle(collar bone) |
| cost/o | ribs(true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
| crani/o | cranium(skull) |
| femor/o | femur(thigh bone) |
| fibul/o | fibula(smaller 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) |
| olecran/o | olecranon(elbow) |
| patell/o | patella(kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis(hipbone) |
| perone/o | fibula |
| 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 blade) |
| stern/o | sternum(breastbone) |
| tars/o | tarsals(bones of the hindfoot) |
| tibi/o | tibia(shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna(forearm bone-little finger side) |
| gouty arthritis(gout) | Inflammation and painful swelling of joints caused by excessive uric acid in the body. |
| flexion | Decreasing the angle between two bones; bending a limb |
| extension | Increasing the angle between two bones; straightening out a limb |
| abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
| adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body |
| rotation | Circular movement around an axis(central point). Internal rotation is toward the midline and external rotation is away from the midline. |
| dorsiflexion | Decreasing the angle of the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward(upward). This is the opposite movement of stepping on the gas pedal when driving a car. |
| plantar flexion | Motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground as when pointing the toes or stepping on the gas pedal. Plant/o means sole of the foot. |
| supination | As applied to the hand and forearm, the act of turning the palm up. As applied to the foot, it is an outward roll of the foot during normal motion. |
| pronation | As applied to the hand and the forearm, the act of turning the palm down. As applied to the foot, it is inward rool of the foot during normal motion. |
| fasci/o | fascia(forms sheaths enveloping muscles). |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth(visceral)muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal(striated)muscle connected to bones |
| sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development,nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly | many,much |
| rheumatoid factor test(RF) | Serum is tested for the presence of an antibody |
| flexion | Decreasing the angle between two bones; bending a limb |
| extension | Increasing the angle between two bones; straightening out a limb |
| abduction | Movement away from the midline of the body |
| adduction | Movement toward the midline of the body |
| rotation | Circular movement around an axis(central point). Internal rotation is toward the midline and external rotation is away from the midline. |
| dorsiflexion | Decreasing the angle of the ankle joint so that the foot bends backward(upward). This is the opposite movement of stepping on the gas pedal when driving a car. |
| plantar flexion | Motion that extends the foot downward toward the ground as when pointing the toes or stepping on the gas pedal. Plant/o means sole of the foot. |
| supination | As applied to the hand and forearm, the act of turning the palm up. As applied to the foot, it is an outward roll of the foot during normal motion. |
| pronation | As applied to the hand and the forearm, the act of turning the palm down. As applied to the foot, it is inward rool of the foot during normal motion. |
| fasci/o | fascia(forms sheaths enveloping muscles). |
| fibr/o | fibrous connective tissue |
| leiomy/o | smooth(visceral)muscle that lines the walls of internal organs |
| my/o | muscle |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal(striated)muscle connected to bones |
| sarc/o | muscle and flesh |
| -asthenia | lack of strength |
| -trophy | development,nourishment |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dorsi- | back |
| poly | many,much |
| rheumatoid factor test(RF) | Serum is tested for the presence of an antibody |
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