Chapter 3 & 4 Flashcards
1
Q
Ankly/o
A
Crooked, bent, stiff
2
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
3
Q
Burs/o
A
Bursa
4
Q
Chondr/o
A
Cartilage
5
Q
Cost/o
A
Rib
6
Q
Crani/o
A
Skull
7
Q
Fasci/
A
Fascia
8
Q
Fibr/o
A
Fibrous tissue
9
Q
Kyph/o
A
Bent, hump
10
Q
Muscl/o
A
Muscle
11
Q
Myel/o
A
Bone marrow, spinal cord
12
Q
My/o
A
Muscle
13
Q
Orth/o
A
Straight, normal
14
Q
Oste/o
A
Bone
15
Q
Ped/o
A
Foot
16
Q
Phalang/o
A
Bones of the fingers and toes
17
Q
Pod/o
A
Foot
18
Q
Scoli/o
A
Curved, bent
19
Q
Spondyl/o
A
Vertebrae, vertebral column
20
Q
Synovi/o
A
Synovial membrane or fluid
21
Q
Ten/o, tendin/o
A
Tendon
22
Q
Vertebr/o
A
Vertebra
23
Q
-desis
A
Fixation or bone or joint , bone together or fuse
24
Q
-ectomy
A
Surgical excision (removal)
25
-itis
Inflammation
26
-listhesis
Slipping
27
-lysis
Loosening or setting free
28
-malacia
Abnormal softening
29
-necrosis
Tissue death
30
-oma
Tumor
31
-osis
Condition
32
-penia
Deficiency
33
-plasty
Surgical repair
34
-plegia
Paralysis
35
-porosis
Porous condition
36
-rrhaphy
Surgical suturing
37
-rrhexis
Rupture
38
-scopy
Visual examination
39
-Tomy
Cutting into the organ or area
