Chapter 15a Bones

Question 1

calc/o; calci/o

Answer 1

calcium

Question 2

kyph/o

Answer 2

humpback; hunchback; posterior curvature in the thoracic region

Question 3

lamin/o

Answer 3

lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

Question 4

lord/o

Answer 4

curve; swayback; anterior curvature in the lumbar region

Question 5

lumb/o

Answer 5

loins; lower back

Question 6

myel/o

Answer 6

bone marrow

Question 7

orth/o

Answer 7

straight

Question 8

oste/o

Answer 8

bone

Question 9

scoli/o

Answer 9

crooked; bent; lateral curvature

Question 10

spondyl/o

Answer 10

vertebra; (used to make words about conditions of the structure)

Question 11

vertebr/o

Answer 11

vertebra; (used to describe the structure itself)

Question 12

-blast

Answer 12

embryonic or immature cell

Question 13

-clast

Answer 13

to break

Question 14

-listhesis

Answer 14

slipping

Question 15

-malacia

Answer 15

softening

Question 16

-physis

Answer 16

to grow

Question 17

-porosis

Answer 17

pore; passage

Question 18

-tome

Answer 18

instrument to cut

Question 19

acetabul/o

Answer 19

acetabulum (hip socket)

Question 20

calcane/o

Answer 20

calcaneus (heel)

Question 21

carp/o

Answer 21

carpals (wrist bones)

Question 22

clavicul/o

Answer 22

clavicle (collar bone)

Question 23

cost/o

Answer 23

ribs

Question 24

crani/o

Answer 24

cranium (skull)

Question 25

femor/o

Answer 25

femur (thigh bone)

Question 26

fibul/o

Answer 26

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Question 27

humer/o

Answer 27

humerus (upper arm bone)

Question 28

ili/o

Answer 28

ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

Question 29

ischi/o

Answer 29

ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

Question 30

malleol/o

Answer 30

malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

Question 31

mandibul/o

Answer 31

mandible (lower jawbone)

Question 32

maxill/o

Answer 32

maxilla (upper jawbone)

Question 33

metacarp/o

Answer 33

metacarpals (hand bones)

Question 34

metatars/o

Answer 34

metatarsals (foot bones)

Question 35

olecran/o

Answer 35

olecranon (elbow)

Question 36

patell/o

Answer 36

patella (kneecap)

Question 37

pelv/o

Answer 37

pelvis

Question 38

phalang/o

Answer 38

phalanges (finger/toe bones)

Question 39

pub/o

Answer 39

pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

Question 40

radi/o

Answer 40

radius (forearm bone–thumb side)

Question 41

scapul/o

Answer 41

scapula (shoulder blade)

Question 42

stern/o

Answer 42

sternum (breastbone)

Question 43

tars/o

Answer 43

tarsals (bones of the mid and hindfoot)

Question 44

tibi/o

Answer 44

tibia (shin bone)

Question 45

uln/o

Answer 45

ulna (forearm bone–little finger side)