ch. 7 Flashcards
oste/o
bone
oss/o, oose/o
bone
jug/o, junctur/o
joint, a joining
articul/o
join, to join, to speak clearly
arthr/o
joint
ligat/o, ligament/o
to bind, tie, ligament
desm/o
ligament, band, bond
cartilag/o
cartilage (connective tissue)
chondr/o
cartilage
menisc/o
meniscus, crescent
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial (type of joint) fluid
capsul/o, caps/o
capsule
burs/o
bursa, bag, pouch
fasci/o
fascia (band of tissue surrounding the muscle)
muscul/o
muscle, mouse
my/o, myos/o, mys/o
muscle, mouse
tendin/o
tendon (strong flexible tissue), connects muscles to bones
ten/o, tenont/o
tendon
myel/o
bene marrow, spinal cord
medull/o
bone marrow, innermost part of an organ
spin/o
spine, thorn, vertebral column
rach/o
vertebral column, spinal cord
phsyi/o, -physis
nature, natural function, growth, growth plate
phyt/o, -phyte
a growth, plant
-phyma
a growth, tumor
capit/o
head, head of a long bone
coll/o
neck, neck of a long bone
corpor/o
body
foramin/o
a hole or passageway in a bone (foramen)
lamin/o
plate (lamina)
condyl/o
rounded protuberance at the ends of bones
styl/o, -style
column0shaped, bone, pillar
tuber/o
an elevated process of bone, tubercle, nodule, swelling
tubercul/o
small eminence on long bone, a nodule, small swelling
crist/o
crest, ridge
foss/o
a shallow depression, something dug, ditch
sulc/o
a groove, furrow
incisur/o
notch, indentation, incision
skelet/o
skeleton
crani/o
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw)
vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
spondyl/o
vertebra
cervic/o
neck, cervical spine
thorac/o
thorax, chest, chest cavity
lumb/o
loin, lumbar
sacr/o
sacrum bone (bone at the base of the spine), sacred
coccyg/o, coccy/o
coccyx, tailbone
cost/o
rib
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
xiph/o
xiphoid process (projection at the inferior end of the sternum, sword like)
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
om/o
shoulder
clavicul/o, clavic/o
clavicle, collar bone
cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
radi/o
radius bone (bone of the forearm), radioactive, ray
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
carp/o
wrist, carpal bones
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
phalang/o
phalanx (bones of fingers or toes)
dactyl/o
finger
ili/o
ilium (bone of the pelvis)
ischi/o
ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)
pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
femor/o
femur bone, thigh
patell/o
patella bone (kneecap)
gony/o
knee
tibi/o
tibia bone (larger bone of the lower leg)
cnem/o
leg
fibul/o
fibula bone (bone of the lower leg)
perone/o
fibula bone (lower leg bone)
astragal/o
talus bone (ankle bone)
tal/o
talus bone, ankle
calcane/o
heel bone
ptern/o
heel
scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
metatrs/o
fot bones (metatarsus bone)
rhabd/o
striated, rod shaped
lei/o
smooth
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
mer/o, -mer, -mere
part, partial
lemm/o, -lemma
membrane, husk, sheath like structure
fibr/o, fibrill/o
fiber, muscle fiber
fascicul/o
a small bundle of rod like structures
ton/o
tension, tone
capit/o, cipit/o, -ciput, -ceps
head, origin of a muscle
ventr/o
belly (of a muscle), cavity, abdomen
duc/o, duct/o
to lead, convey
abduct/o
to lead or convey away (midline)
adduct/o
to lead or convey toward (midline)
rot/o, rotat/o
to turn around
flex/o, -flex
to bend, flex
extens/o
to stretch out, straighten, extends
pron/o, pronat/o
face down, lying prone
supin/o, supinat/o
face up, lying supine
dilat/o
to spread out
sphincter/o
to bind/construct, ringlike muscle of an orifice
pon/o, pos/o, posit/o
to place, put
oppon/o, oppos/o
to pplace opposite
press/o
to press
depress/o
to press down
levat/o
to life, raise
rect/o
straight, correct
erect/o, arrect/o
to lift up
malac/o, -malacia
soft, softening
orth/o
straight, correct, normal, upright
ped/o, -pedia
child/education in (blank)
frang/o, fract/o
break, broken
-rhexis
a rupture
lux/o
dislocated
por/o
passage, pore
-penia
decrease, deficiency
crepit/o
creak, crackle
-agra
gout, attack of severe pain
rehum/o, rheumat/o
flow, discharge, rheumatoid, arthritis
ankly/o
stiff, fused, crooked
sequestr/o
fragment of bone/tissue
talip/o
deformity of foot or ankle
plan/o
flat
cav/o
hollow
vag/o
bent outward
var/o
bent inward
kyph/o
bent forward
lord/o
bent backward
lev/o
left
dextr/o
right
scoli/o
bent sideways/crooked
tors/o, tort/o
twist, turn
-olisthesis
slipping
bifid/o
split in two
schiz/o, -schisis
split/cleft
spasm/o
spasm
tract/o
to draw, pull
campt/o, campyl/o
bent, curved
-campsia, -campsis
bent/curved
