Chapter 10- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
2
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
3
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneum (heel bone)
4
Q
Carp/o
A
carpus (wrist bones)
5
Q
cephal/o
A
Head
6
Q
cervic/o
A
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
7
Q
chondr/o
A
Cartilage
8
Q
cost/o
A
Ribs
9
Q
crani/o
A
Cranium (skull)
10
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
11
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
12
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (smaller, outer bone of lower leg)
13
Q
Humer/o
A
Humerus (upper arm bone)
14
Q
lumb/o
A
Loin (lower back)
15
Q
metacarp/o
A
metacarpus (hand bones)
16
Q
myel/o
A
Bone marrow; spinal cord
17
Q
my/o
A
muscle
18
Q
oste/o
A
bone
19
Q
Patell/o
A
Kneecap
20
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
21
Q
spin/o
A
spine
22
Q
spondyl/o
vertebr/o
A
vertebra (back bone)
23
Q
stern/o
A
sternum (breastbone)
24
Q
tend/o
A
tendon
25
tibi/o
tibia (larger inner bone of lower leg)
26
cyt/o
cell
27
cyt/o
cell
28
cyst/o
bladder
29
dist/o
far, farthest
30
enter/o
intestine (usually small intestine)
31
hepat/o
liver
32
proxim/o
near
33
radi/o
Radiation, x-ray ; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
34
roentgen/o
x-rays
35
scler/o
hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
36
-centesis
surgical puncture
37
-ectomy
excision, removal
38
-plasty
surgical repair
39
-rrhaphy
suture
40
-tomy
Incision
41
-algia, -dynia
pain
42
-cele
Hernia, swelling
43
-cyte
Cell
44
-emia
Blood condition
45
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
46
-gram
record, writing
47
-graphy
process of recording
48
-ist
Specialist
49
-itis
inflammation
50
-logist
specialist in the study of
51
-malacia
softening
52
-meter
instrument for measuring
53
-oma
tumor
54
-osis
abnormal condition
55
-pathy
disease
56
-plegia
paralysis
57
-rrhexis
rupture
58
en-
in, within
59
hemi-
One half
60
hypo-
under, below, deficient
61
inter-
between
62
peri-
around
63
quadri-
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