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Ch 4 MedTerm
Ch 4 MedTerm - Skeletal & Muscular Systems
Question | Answer |
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ankyl/o | stiff joint |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
burs/o | sac |
carp/o | wrist |
cervic/o | neck |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | clavicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
cortic/o | outer portion |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
humer/o | humerus |
ili/o | ilium |
ischi/o | ischium |
kyph/o | hump |
lamin/o | lamina, part of the vertebra |
lord/o | bent backwards |
lumb/o | loin |
mandibul/o | mandible |
maxill/o | maxilla |
medull/o | inner portion |
metacarp/o | metacarpals |
metatars/o | metatarsals |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
orth/o | straight |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella |
ped/o | child, foot |
pelv/o | pelvis |
phalang/o | phalanges |
pod/o | foot |
pub/o | pubis |
radi/o | radius |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapul/o | scapula |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
spondyl/o | vertebrae |
stern/o | sternum |
synovi/o | synovial membrane |
synov/o | synovial membrane |
tars/o | ankle |
thorac/o | chest |
tibi/o | tibia |
uln/o | ulna |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
-blast | immature, embryonic |
-clasia | to surgically break |
-desis | stabilize, fuse |
-listhesis | slipping |
-porosis | porous |
fasci/o | fibrous band |
fibr/o | fibers |
kinesi/o | movement |
muscul/o | muscle |
my/o | muscle |
myocardio/o | heart muscle |
myos/o | muscle |
plant/o | sole of foot |
ten/o | tendon |
tend/o | tendon |
tendin/o | tendon |
-asthenia | weakness |
-kinesia | movement |
-tonia | tone |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
circum- | around |