Ch. 7 Names of Bones Flashcards
skelet/o
skeleton
crani/o
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
maxill/o
maxilla (bone that forms your upper jaw)
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
vertebr/o
vertebra, back bone
spondyl/o
vertebra
cervic/o
neck, cervical
thorac/o
thorax
lumb/o
loin, lumber
sacr/o
sacrum bone, sacred
coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
coccy/o
coccyx, tailbone
cost/o
rib
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
xiph/o
xiphoid process, sword-like
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder blade
om/o
shoulder
clavicul/o
clavicle, collar bone
calvic/o
clavicle, collar bone
cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
humer/o
humerus
radi/o
radius, ray, radioactive
uln/o
ulna
carp/o
wrist, carpal bone(s)
metacarp/o
metacarpal bone(s)
phalang/o
phalanx
dactyl/o
finger
ili/o
illium bone (upper bone of the pelvis)
ischi/o
ischium bone (hip joint)
pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
femor/o
femur bone, thigh
patell/o
patella bone
gony/o
knee
tibi/o
tibia bone
cnem/o
leg
fibul/o
fibula bone
perone/o
fibula bone
astragal/o
talus bone (dice)
tal/o
talus bone, ankle
calcane/o
calcaneus bone (heel bone)
ptern/o
heel
scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
metatars/o
metatarsus bone