Chapter 3 - 4th Period Flashcards
Ankl/o
crooked , bent , stiff
Arthr/o
joint
Chondr/o
cartilage
Cost/o
rib
Crani/o
skull
- Desis
surgical fixation of bone or joint , to bind , tie together
Kyph/o
bent , hump
Lord/o
curve , swayback , bent
- lysis
breakdown , seperation , setting free, destrcution , lossening
myel/o
spinal cord , bone marrow
oss/ e , oss/i , ost/o , oste/o
bone
scoli/o
curved , bent
spondyl/o
vertebrae , verebral colum , back bone
synovi/o , synov/o
synovial membrane , synovial fluid
- um
singular noun ending
acetminophen
APAP
Bone density testing
BDT
Bone marrow biopsy
BMB
Bone marrow transplant
BMT
Closed reduction
CR
Craniostenosis
CSO
Dual x-ray absorptiometry
DXA
Fracture
FX
Hallux Valgus
HV
Juvenile Rheumatoid arhritis
JRA
Magnetic resonance imaging
MRI