Chapter 14 Flashcards

1
Q

carp/o

A

carpals (wrist bones)

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2
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clavic/o, clavicul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

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3
Q

cost/o

A

rib

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4
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crani/o

A

cranium (skull)

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5
Q

femor/o

A

femmur (upper leg bone)

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6
Q

fibul/o

A

fibula (lower leg bone)

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7
Q

humer/o

A

humerus (upper arm bone)

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8
Q

ili/o

A

ilium

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9
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ischi/o

A

ischium

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10
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lumb/o

A

loin, lumbar region of the spine

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11
Q

mandibul/o

A

mandible (lower jawbone)

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12
Q

maxill/o

A

maxilla (upper jaw bone)

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13
Q

patell/o

A

patella (kneecap)

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14
Q

pelv/i, pelv/o (Note: both i and o may be used as connecting vowel with pelvis)

A

pelvis, pelvic bone

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15
Q

phalang/o

A

phalanges (finger or toe bones)

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16
Q

pub/o

A

pubis

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17
Q

rachi/o

A

spine, vertebral column

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18
Q

radi/o

A

radius (lower arm bone)

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19
Q

sacr/o

A

sacrum

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20
Q

scapul/o

A

scapula (shoulder blade)

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21
Q

spondyl/o, vertebr/o

A

vertebra

22
Q

stern/o

A

sternum (breastbone)

23
Q

tars/o

A

tarsals (ankle bones)

24
Q

tibi/o

A

tibia (lower leg bone)

25
Q

uln/o

A

ulna (lower arm bone)

26
Q

aponeur/o

A

aponeurosis

27
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

28
Q

burs/o

A

bursa (cavity)

29
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

30
Q

disk/o

A

intervertebral disk

31
Q

menisc/o

A

meniscus (crescent)

32
Q

synovi/o

A

synovia, synovial membrane

33
Q

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

34
Q

ankyl/o

A

crooked, stiff, bent

35
Q

kinesi/o

A

movement, motion

36
Q

kyph/o

A

hump

37
Q

lamin/o

A

lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)

38
Q

lord/o

A

bent forward

39
Q

myel/o

Note: myel/o also means spinal cord.

A

bone marrow

40
Q

my/o, myos/o

Note: my/o was introduced in Chapter 12.

A

muscle

41
Q

oste/o

A

bone

42
Q

petr/o

A

stone

43
Q

scoli/o

A

crooked, curved

44
Q

inter-

A

between

45
Q

supra-

A

above

46
Q

sym-, syn-

A

together, joined

47
Q

-asthenia

A

weakness

48
Q

-clasia, -clasis, -clast

A

break

49
Q

-desis

A

surgical fixation, fusion

50
Q

-physis

A

growth

51
Q

-schisis

A

split, fissure