Ch. 15 - Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
calc/o, calci/o
calcium
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback
(posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
lamin/o
lamina
(part of the vertebral arch)
lord/o
curve, swayback
(anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
lumb/o
loins, lower back
myel/o
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
crooked, bent
(lateral curvature)
-blast
embryonic or immature cell
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
-malacia
softening
-physis
to grow
-porosis
pore, passage
-tome
instrument to cut
acetabul/o
acetabulum
(hip socket)
calcane/o
calcaneus
(heel)
carp/o
carpals
(wrist bone)
clavicul/o
clavicle
(collar bone)
cost/o
ribs
(true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
crani/o
cranium
(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
malleolus
(process on each side of the ankle)