CH 15 Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
Calc/o, calci/o
Calicium
Kyph/o
Humpback, hunchback
Lamin/o
Laminate
Lord/o
Curve, swayback
Lumb/o
Loins, lower back
Myel/o
Bone marrow
Orth/o
Straight
Oste/o
Bone
Scoli/o
Crooked, bent
Spondyl/o
Vertebra
Vertebr/o
Vertebra
-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
Calcane/o
Calcaneus (hip)
Carp/o
Wrist (wrist bones)
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 ankle)