Ch. 10 Muskuloskeletal System

Question 1

fasci/o

Answer 1

band, fascia

Question 2

fibr/o

Answer 2

fiber, fibrous tissue

Question 3

leiomy/o

Answer 3

smooth muscle (visceral)

Question 4

lumb/o

Answer 4

loins (lower back)

Question 5

muscul/o or my/o

Answer 5

muscle

Question 6

ten/o or tend/o or tendin/o

Answer 6

tendon

Question 7

-algia

Answer 7

pain

Question 8

-asthenia

Answer 8

weakness, debility

Question 9

-pathy

Answer 9

disease

Question 10

-plegia

Answer 10

paralysis

Question 11

-rrhaphy

Answer 11

suture

Question 12

-sarcoma

Answer 12

malignant tumor of connective tissue

Question 13

-tomy

Answer 13

incision

Question 14

carp/o

Answer 14

carpus (wrist bones)

Question 15

cervic/o

Answer 15

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

Question 16

cost/o

Answer 16

ribs

Question 17

crani/o

Answer 17

cranium (skull)

Question 18

humer/o

Answer 18

humerus (upper arm bone)

Question 19

metacarp/o

Answer 19

metacarpus (hand bone)

Question 20

phalang/o

Answer 20

phalanges (bones of fingers and toes)

Question 21

spondyl/o or vertebr/o

Answer 21

vertebra (backbone)

Question 22

stern/o

Answer 22

sternum (breastbone)

Question 23

calcane/o

Answer 23

calcaneum (heel bone)

Question 24

femor/o

Answer 24

femur

Question 25

fibul/o

Answer 25

fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg)

Question 26

patell/o

Answer 26

patella

Question 27

pelv/I or pelv/o

Answer 27

pelvis

Question 28

radi/o

Answer 28

radiation, xray; radius (lower arm bone, thumb side)

Question 29

tibi/o

Answer 29

tibia

Question 30

ankyl/o

Answer 30

stiffness; bent, crooked

Question 31

arthr/o

Answer 31

joint

Question 32

chondr/o

Answer 32

cartilage

Question 33

lamin/o

Answer 33

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

Question 34

myel/o

Answer 34

bone marrow; spinal cord

Question 35

orth/o

Answer 35

straight

Question 36

oste/o

Answer 36

bone

Question 37

-clasia

Answer 37

to break [ie - arthroclasia: forcible breaking of a joint]

Question 38

-clast

Answer 38

to break [ie - osteoclast: cell that breaks down bone]

Question 39

-cyte

Answer 39

cell

Question 40

-desis

Answer 40

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

Question 41

-malacia

Answer 41

softening

Question 42

-physis

Answer 42

growth

Question 43

-porosis

Answer 43

porous