Chapter 14 Flashcards
1
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
2
Q
clavic/o, clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
3
Q
cost/o
A
rib
4
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
5
Q
femor/o
A
femmur (upper leg bone)
6
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (lower leg bone)
7
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
8
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
9
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
10
Q
lumb/o
A
loin, lumbar region of the spine
11
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jawbone)
12
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
13
Q
patell/o
A
patella (kneecap)
14
Q
pelv/i, pelv/o (Note: both i and o may be used as connecting vowel with pelvis)
A
pelvis, pelvic bone
15
Q
phalang/o
A
phalanges (finger or toe bones)
16
Q
pub/o
A
pubis
17
Q
rachi/o
A
spine, vertebral column
18
Q
radi/o
A
radius (lower arm bone)
19
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
20
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula (shoulder blade)
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
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
26
aponeur/o
aponeurosis
27
arthr/o
joint
28
burs/o
bursa (cavity)
29
chondr/o
cartilage
30
disk/o
intervertebral disk
31
menisc/o
meniscus (crescent)
32
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
33
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
34
ankyl/o
crooked, stiff, bent
35
kinesi/o
movement, motion
36
kyph/o
hump
37
lamin/o
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
38
lord/o
bent forward
39
myel/o
| Note: myel/o also means spinal cord.
bone marrow
40
my/o, myos/o
| Note: my/o was introduced in Chapter 12.
muscle
41
oste/o
bone
42
petr/o
stone
43
scoli/o
crooked, curved
44
inter-
between
45
supra-
above
46
sym-, syn-
together, joined
47
-asthenia
weakness
48
-clasia, -clasis, -clast
break
49
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion
50
-physis
growth
51
-schisis
split, fissure
