Everest345modfwk2 Word Scramble
|
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Question | Answer |
ambi- | both |
amph- | both sides |
amputat/o | cut away |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
-blast | immature cell development |
burs/o | sac |
cartilag/o | cartilage |
caud/o | lower part of body, tail |
-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
cephal/o | head |
chondr/o | cartilage |
-clast | breakdown |
-desis | surgical fixation of bone, to bind |
dia- | through, between, apart |
dist/o | far |
hemat/o | blood |
kyph/o | hump |
lord/o | curve |
-lysis | breakdown, destroy, separate |
-osis | abnormal condition |
oste/o | bone |
-physis | to grow |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-poietic | relating to formation |
-porosis | pore, opening |
scoli/o | crooked, twisted |
spondyl/o | vertebra, vertebral column |
syn- | together, with |
-us | thing, single noun ending |
amphiarthrosis | a joint that bends in 2 directions |
arthrocentesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid from a joint |
cartilaginous | consisting of cartilage |
chondroplasty | surgical repair of cartilage |
diaphysis | shaft of long bone |
diarthrosis | free moving joint |
hematopoietic | formation and development of blood cells |
osteoclast | cells for bone remodeling and releasing minerals |
osteoporosis | porous condition of bone |
synarthrosis | immovable joint |
appendicular | pertaining to appendages, arms and legs |
axial | pertaining to head and trunk |
arthritis | inflammation of a joint |
bursitis | inflammation of the sac between joints |
clavicular | pertaining to thecollar bone |
collagen | major protein of connective tissue |
intercostal | between 2 ribs |
kyphosis | humpback, outward curve in the thoracic area |
lordosis | swayback, inward curve in the lumbar area |
scoliosis | lateral curve of the spinal column |
genu valgum | knock knee |
genu varum | bowleg |
hallux | the big toe |
ligament | fibrous tissue that connects bone to bone at a joint |
reduction | fixing a fracture without an incision |
traction | the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders |
periosteum | outer covering of a bone |
tendon | fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone |
Created by:
everest
Popular Medical sets