Bone Terms Flashcards by Michelle Ban | Brainscape

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Calc/o, Calci/o

A

Calcium

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Kyph/o

A

humpback, hunchback

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Lamin/o

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Lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

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Lord/o

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Curve, sayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)

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Lumb/o

A

loins, lower back

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Myel/o

A

bone marrow

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Orth/o

A

Straight

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Oste/o

A

Bone

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Scoli/o

A

Crooked, bent

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Vertebr/o

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Vertebra ** Used yo describe the structure itself

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Spondyl/o

A

vertebra** Used to make words about conditions of the structure

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-blast

A

Embryonic or immature cell

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-clast

A

to break

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-malacia

A

softening

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-porosis

A

pore, passage

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-physis

A

to grow

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-tome

A

instrument cut

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Calcane/o

A

Calcaneus (heel)

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Acetabul/o

A

acetabulum (hip socket)

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Carp/o

A

Carpals (wrist bones)

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Crani/o

A

Crainium (skull)

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Clavicul/o

A

Clavicle (collarbone)

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Cost/o

A

Ribs (true ribs, false ribs, floating rib)

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Femor/o

A

femur (thigh bone)

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Fibul/o

A

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

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Humer/o

A

Humerus (upper arm bone)

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Ili/o

A

ilium (upper part of pelvis)

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Ischi/o

A

Ischium (posterior part of the part)

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Malleol/o

A

Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

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Mandibul/o

A

Mandible (lower jawbone)

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Metacarp/o

A

Metacarparls (hand bones)

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Maxill/o

A

Maxilla (upper jawbone)

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Metatars/o

A

Metatarsals (foot bones)

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Olecran/o

A

Olecronon (elbow)

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Patell/o

A

Patella(kneecap)

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Pelv/o

A

Pelvis

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Phalang/o

A

phalanges (finger and/or bones)

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Pub/o

A

Pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

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Radi/o

A

Radius (forearms bone - thumb side)

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Scapul/o

A

Scapula (shoulder blade)

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Stern/o

A

Sternum (breastbone)

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Tars/o

A

Tarsals (bone of the mid hind foot)

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Tibi/o

A

Tibia (shinbone)

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Uln/o

A

Ulna (forearms bone- little finger side)