Bone Terms Flashcards
1
Q
Calc/o, Calci/o
A
Calcium
2
Q
Kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback
3
Q
Lamin/o
A
Lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
4
Q
Lord/o
A
Curve, sayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
4
Q
Lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
5
Q
Myel/o
A
bone marrow
6
Q
Orth/o
A
Straight
7
Q
Oste/o
A
Bone
8
Q
Scoli/o
A
Crooked, bent
9
Q
Vertebr/o
A
Vertebra ** Used yo describe the structure itself
9
Q
Spondyl/o
A
vertebra** Used to make words about conditions of the structure
10
Q
-blast
A
Embryonic or immature cell
11
Q
-clast
A
to break
12
Q
-malacia
A
softening
13
Q
-porosis
A
pore, passage
13
Q
-physis
A
to grow
13
Q
-listhesis
A
slipping
14
Q
-tome
A
instrument cut
15
Q
Calcane/o
A
Calcaneus (heel)
15
Q
Acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
16
Q
Carp/o
A
Carpals (wrist bones)
17
Q
Crani/o
A
Crainium (skull)
17
Q
Clavicul/o
A
Clavicle (collarbone)
18
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs (true ribs, false ribs, floating rib)
19
Femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
20
Fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
21
Humer/o
Humerus (upper arm bone)
22
Ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvis)
23
Ischi/o
Ischium (posterior part of the part)
24
Malleol/o
Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
25
Mandibul/o
Mandible (lower jawbone)
25
Metacarp/o
Metacarparls (hand bones)
26
Maxill/o
Maxilla (upper jawbone)
27
Metatars/o
Metatarsals (foot bones)
28
Olecran/o
Olecronon (elbow)
29
Patell/o
Patella(kneecap)
30
Pelv/o
Pelvis
31
Phalang/o
phalanges (finger and/or bones)
32
Pub/o
Pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
33
Radi/o
Radius (forearms bone - thumb side)
34
Scapul/o
Scapula (shoulder blade)
35
Stern/o
Sternum (breastbone)
36
Tars/o
Tarsals (bone of the mid hind foot)
37
Tibi/o
Tibia (shinbone)
38
Uln/o
Ulna (forearms bone- little finger side)
