Chapter 3 Flashcards
Foramen
hole in a bone
Fossa
depression in a bone
Aperture
opening
Canal
tunnel
Fissure
crack
Fovea
small pit
Meatus
passage/opening
Sinus
space or cavity
Sulcus
groove
-tomy
cutting into
-stomy
permanent new opening
-centesis
surgical puncture
-desis
binding together
-pexy
surgical fix
-plasty
surgical repair
-ectomy
surgical removal
my/o
muscle
Fibr/o
fibrous tissue
Fibros/o
fibrous tissue
define fascia
sheet of fibrous connective tissue that covers, supports, and separates muscle
Fasci/o
fascia
Fasc/i
fascia
-kinesis
movement
Anti-
against
Agon
struggle
Syn
together
erg
work
Kyph/o
hump of the spine
Scoli/o
crooked or curved spine
Troph/o
development
Lord/o
bent forward spine
-asthenia
weakness
-malacia
softening
-sclerosis
hardening
-schisis
split/fissure
-desis
surgical fixation/fusion
-osis
condition of