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Unit 5
Muscles, Bones, and Joints
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acromi/o | Acromion process |
| Arthr/o | Joint |
| Calcane/o | Heel bone |
| Carp/o | Carpal bone |
| Cervic/o | Cervical, Neck |
| Chrondr/o | Cartilage |
| Clavicul/o, Cleid/o | Clavical |
| Coccyg/o | Coccyx |
| Condyl/o | Condyle |
| Cost/o | Rib |
| Craini/o | Skull |
| Dent/o | Tooth |
| Disk/o | Disk |
| Fibul/o | Fibula |
| Femor/o | Femur |
| Humer/o | Humerus |
| Ischi/o | Ischium |
| Kinesi/o | Movement |
| Kyph/o | Humpback |
| Lamin/o | Lamina |
| Lord/o | Swayback |
| Lumb/o | Lumbar spine/Region |
| Malac/o | Softening |
| Metacarp/o | Metacarpal bone |
| Muscul/o | Muscle |
| My/o | Muscle |
| Odont/o | Teeth |
| Orth/o | Straight |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Pelv/i,Pelv/o | Pelvic |
| Phalang/o | Phalanges |
| Por/o | Porous |
| Pub/o | Pubis |
| Radi/o | Radius |
| Rheumat/o | Rhuematism |
| Sacr/o | Sacrum |
| Scoli/o | Crooked |
| Skelet/o | Skeleton |
| Spondyl/o | Spine |
| Stern/o | Sternum |
| Ten/o, Tendon/o, Tendin/o | Tendon |
| Thorac/o | Thorax |
| Tibi/o | Tibia |
| Uln/o | Ulna |
| Xiph/o | Xiphoid process |
| A-, An- | Without |
| De- | Down from/ Less than |
| Dys- | Difficulty/Painful |
| Epi- | Upon |
| Inter- | Between |
| Meta- | Beyond |
| Peri- | Around/Near |
| Supra- | Above/On the topside |
| -ar, -al, -ic | Adjective endings/Pertaining to |
| -centesis | Surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -ist | Specialist |
| -meter | Instrument used to measure |
| -metry | Process of measuring |
| -oid | Resembling/Like |
| -plasia | Development |
| -plasty | Surgical repair |
| -plegia | Paralysis |
| -scope | Instrument for viewing |
| -scopy | Process of examination w/ a scope |