Chapter 10 Defs Flashcards
1
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
2
Q
-algia, -dynia
A
pain
3
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
4
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneum (heel bone)
5
Q
carp/o
A
carpus (wrist bones)
6
Q
NAME?
A
hernia, swelling
7
Q
NAME?
A
surgical puncture
8
Q
cephal/o
A
head
9
Q
cervic/o
A
neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)
10
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
11
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
12
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
13
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
14
Q
NAME?
A
cell
15
Q
dist/o
A
far, farthest
16
Q
NAME?
A
excision, removal
17
Q
NAME?
A
blood condition
18
Q
en-
A
in, within
19
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
20
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
21
Q
NAME?
A
forming, producing; origin
22
Q
NAME?
A
record, writing
23
Q
NAME?
A
process of recording
24
Q
hemi-
A
one half
25
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
26
hypo-
under, below; deficient
27
inter-
between
28
#NAME?
specialist
29
#NAME?
inflammation
30
#NAME?
specialist in the study of
31
lumb/o
loin (lower back)
32
#NAME?
softening
33
metacarp/o
metacarpus (hand bones)
34
#NAME?
instrument for measuring
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
37
#NAME?
tumor
38
#NAME?
abnormal condition
39
oste/o
bone
40
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
41
#NAME?
disease
42
peri-
around
43
#NAME?
surgical repair
44
#NAME?
paralysis
45
proxim/o
near
46
quadri-
four
47
radi/o
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)
48
roentgen/o
x-ray
49
#NAME?
suture
50
#NAME?
rupture
51
sacr/o
sacrum
52
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
53
spin/o
spine
54
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
55
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
56
tend/o
tendon
57
tibi/o
tibia (larger inner bone of the lower leg)
58
#NAME?
incision
