Ch. 7 Names of Bones Flashcards
1
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skelet/o
A
skeleton
2
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crani/o
A
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
3
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla (bone that forms your upper jaw)
4
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jaw bone)
5
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra, back bone
6
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
7
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, cervical
8
Q
thorac/o
A
thorax
9
Q
lumb/o
A
loin, lumber
10
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum bone, sacred
11
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
12
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coccy/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
13
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cost/o
A
rib
14
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stern/o
A
sternum, breastbone
15
Q
xiph/o
A
xiphoid process, sword-like
16
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scapul/o
A
scapula, shoulder blade
17
Q
om/o
A
shoulder
18
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
19
Q
calvic/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
20
Q
cleid/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
21
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
22
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radi/o
A
radius, ray, radioactive
23
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uln/o
A
ulna
24
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carp/o
A
wrist, carpal bone(s)
25
metacarp/o
metacarpal bone(s)
26
phalang/o
phalanx
27
dactyl/o
finger
28
ili/o
illium bone (upper bone of the pelvis)
29
ischi/o
ischium bone (hip joint)
30
pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
31
femor/o
femur bone, thigh
32
patell/o
patella bone
33
gony/o
knee
34
tibi/o
tibia bone
35
cnem/o
leg
36
fibul/o
fibula bone
37
perone/o
fibula bone
38
astragal/o
talus bone (dice)
39
tal/o
talus bone, ankle
40
calcane/o
calcaneus bone (heel bone)
41
ptern/o
heel
42
scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
43
metatars/o
metatarsus bone
