chapter 15

Question 1

calc/o, calci/o

Answer 1

calcium—decalcification

Question 2

de–

Answer 2

less or lack of

Question 3

–fication

Answer 3

the process of making

Question 4

kyph/o

Answer 4

humpback, hunchback==posterior curvature in the thoracic region

Question 5

lamin/o

Answer 5

lamina, part of the vertebral arch

Question 6

lord/o

Answer 6

curve, swayback–anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Question 7

lumb/o

Answer 7

loins, lower back—lumbar, lumbosacral

Question 8

myel/o

Answer 8

bone marrow

Question 9

orth/o

Answer 9

straight

Question 10

oste/o

Answer 10

bone

Question 11

scoli/o

Answer 11

crook, bent—lateral curvature

Question 12

spondyl/o (used to make words about conditions of the structure

Answer 12

vertebra—spondylosis=degeneration of the intervertebral disks in the cervical, thoracic, and lumar regions, include pain and restriction of movement

Question 13

vertebr/o (used to describe the structure itself)

Answer 13

vertebra—vertebroplasty

Question 14

–blast

Answer 14

embryonic or immature cell

Question 15

–clast

Answer 15

to break

Question 16

-listhesis

Answer 16

slipping

Question 17

-malacia

Answer 17

softening

Question 18

-physis

Answer 18

to grow

Question 19

-porosis

Answer 19

pore, passage—osteoporosis

Question 20

-tome

Answer 20

instrument to cut—osteotome=this surgical chisel is designed to cut bone

Question 21

acetabul/o

Answer 21

acetabulum=hip socket

Question 22

calcane/o

Answer 22

calcaneu=heel

Question 23

carp/o

Answer 23

carpals=wrist bones

Question 24

clavicul/o

Answer 24

clavicle=collar bone–supraclavicular

Question 25

cost/o

Answer 25

ribs=true ribs,false ribs,and floating ribs. chondrocostal=cartilage that is attached to the ribs

Question 26

crani/o

Answer 26

cranium=skull---craniotomy

Question 27

femor/o

Answer 27

femur=thigh bone

Question 28

fibul/o

Answer 28

fibula=smaller lower leg bone

Question 29

humer/o

Answer 29

humerus=upper arm bone

Question 30

ili/o

Answer 30

ilium=upper part of pelvic bone ---iliac

Question 31

ischi/o

Answer 31

ischium==posterior part of pelvic bone--ischial

Question 32

malleo/o

Answer 32

malleolus=process on each side of the ankle

Question 33

malleolar

Answer 33

the mecial malleolus is at the distal end of the tibia, and the lateral malleolus is at the distal end of the fibula

Question 34

mandibul/o

Answer 34

mandible=lower jawbone

Question 35

maxill/o

Answer 35

maxilla=upper jawbone

Question 36

metacarp/o

Answer 36

metacarpals=hand bones

Question 37

metatars/o

Answer 37

metatarals=foot bones---metatarsalgia

Question 38

olecran/o

Answer 38

olecranon=elbow

Question 39

patell/o

Answer 39

patella=kneecap

Question 40

pelv/i

Answer 40

pelvis==hipbone----pelvimetry

Question 41

perone/o

Answer 41

fibula

Question 42

phalang/o

Answer 42

phalanges==finger or toe bones

Question 43

pub/o

Answer 43

pubis==anterior part of the pelvic bone

Question 44

radi/o

Answer 44

radius==forearm bone---thumb side

Question 45

scapul/o

Answer 45

scapula =shoulder blade

Question 46

stern/o

Answer 46

sternum=shoulder blade

Question 47

tars/o

Answer 47

tarsals=bones of the hindfoot

Question 48

tibi/o

Answer 48

tibia=shin bone

Question 49

uln/o

Answer 49

ulna=forearm bone--little finger side

Question 50

ankyl/o

Answer 50

stiff

Question 51

arthr/o

Answer 51

joint

Question 52

articul/o

Answer 52

joint

Question 53

burs/o

Answer 53

bursa

Question 54

chondr/o

Answer 54

cartilage

Question 55

ligament/o

Answer 55

ligament

Question 56

rheumat/o

Answer 56

watery flow

Question 57

synov/o

Answer 57

synovial membrane

Question 58

ten/o

Answer 58

tendon

Question 59

tendin/o

Answer 59

tendon

Question 60

-desis

Answer 60

to bind,tie together

Question 61

-stenosis

Answer 61

narrowing