Chapter 14 Flashcards
1
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist)
2
Q
clavic/o, clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collarbone)
3
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
4
Q
femor/o
A
femur (upper leg bone)
5
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
6
Q
cost/o
A
rib
7
Q
disk/o
A
intervertebral disk
8
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula (lower leg bone)
9
Q
kyph/o
A
hump
10
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
11
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
12
Q
lord/o
A
bent forward (increased concavity of the spine)
13
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
14
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement, motion
15
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (thin, flat plate or layer)
16
Q
lumb/o
A
loin; lumbar region of the spine
17
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible (lower jawbone)
18
Q
menisc/o
A
meniscus (crescent)
19
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
20
Q
patell/o
A
patella (kneecap)
21
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla (upper jawbone)
22
Q
my/o, myos/o
A
muscle
23
Q
oste/o
A
bone
24
Q
pelv/i
A
pelvis, pelvic bones, pelvic cavity
25
petr/o
stone
26
pub/o
pubis
27
radi/o
radius (lower arm bone)
28
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
29
phalang/o
phalanx (pl. phalanges) (any bone of the fingers or toes)
30
rachi/o, spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra, spine, vertebral column
31
sacr/o
sacrum
32
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
33
scoli/o
(lateral) curved (spine)
34
synovi/o
synovia, synovial membrane
35
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon
36
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
37
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
38
tars/o
tarsals (ankle bones)
39
tibi/o
tibia (lower leg bone)
40
inter-
between
41
supra-
above
42
-asthenia
weakness
43
-physis
growth
44
-trophy
nourishment, development
45
sym-, syn-
together, joined
46
-desis
surgical fixation, fusion
47
-schisis
split, fissure
48
burs/o
bursa (cavity)
49
aponeur/o
aponeurosis
50
vestibul/o
vestibule
51
staped/o
stapes
52
myring/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
53
tympan/o
middle ear
54
ankyl/o
stiff, bent
55
arthr/o
joint
