Ch 15 Musculoskeletal Flashcards
calc/o, calci/o
calcium
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback
lamin/o
lamina: part of the vertebral arch
lord/o
curve, swayback
kyph/o affects the ____ in the thoracic region
posterior curvature
lord/o affects the ___ in the lumbar region
anterior curvature
lumb/o
loins, lower back
myel/o
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
crooked, bent
scoli/o affects the ____
lateral curvature
spondyl/o
vertebra
spondyl/o is used to make words about ____ of the structure
conditions
vertebr/o
vertebra
vertebr/o is used to describe the ____ itself
structure
-blast
embryonic or immature cell
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
-malacia
softening
-physis
to grow
-tome
instrument to cut
-tome
instrument to cut
acetabul/o
acetabulum
calcane/o
heel
carp/o
wrist bones
clavicul/o
collar bone
cost/o
ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
crani/o
skull
femor/o
femur -thigh bone
fibul/o
fibula -smaller lower leg bone
humer/o
humerus -upper arm bone
ili/o
ilium -upper part of pelvic bone
ischi/o
ischium -posterior part of pelvic bone-
malleol/o
process on each side of the ankle
mandibul/o
mandible -lower jawbone
maxill/o
maxilla -upper jawbone
metacarp/o
metacarpals -hand bones
metatars/o
metatarsals -foot bones
olecran/o
olecranon -elbow
pelv/i
pelvis -hipbone
perone/o
fibula
phalang/o
phalanges -finger and/or toe bones
pub/o
pubis -anterior part of the pelvic bone
radi/o
radius -forearm bone: thumb side
scapul/o
scapula -shoulder blade
stern/o
sternum -breastbone
tars/o
tarsals -bones of the hindfoot