Chapter 4: Skeletal System (word parts) Flashcards
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiff joint
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
articul/o
A
joint
4
Q
burs/o
A
sac
5
Q
carp/o
A
carpus
6
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
7
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
8
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle
9
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx
10
Q
cortic/o
A
outer layer
11
Q
cost/o
A
rib
12
Q
crani/o
A
skull
13
Q
femor/o
A
femur
14
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
15
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
16
Q
ili/o
A
ilium
17
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
18
Q
kyph/o
A
hump
19
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina (part of vertebra)
20
Q
lord/o
A
bent backward
21
Q
lumb/o
A
loin (low back between ribs and pelvis)
22
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible
23
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla
24
Q
medull/o
A
inner region
25
metacarp/o
metacarpus
26
metatars/o
metatarsus
27
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
28
orth/o
straight
29
oste/o
bone
30
patell/o
patella
31
pector/o
chest
32
ped/o
child;foot
33
pelv/o
pelvis
34
phalang/o
phalanges
35
pod/o
foot
36
prosthet/o
addition
37
pub/o
pubis
38
radi/o
radius; ray (x-ray)
39
sacr/o
sacrum
40
scapul/o
scapula
41
scoli/o
crooked
42
spin/o
spine
43
spondyl/o
vertebrae
44
stern/o
sternum
45
synovi/o
synovial membrane
46
synov/o
synovial membrane
47
tars/o
tarsus
48
thorac/o
chest
49
tibi/o
tibia
50
uln/o
ulna
51
vertebr/o
vertebra
52
-blast
immature
53
-clasia
to surgically break
54
-desis
to fuse
55
-listhesis
slipping
56
-logic
pertaining to study of
57
-porosis
porous
58
dis-
apart
59
Anatomical Name for the collar bone
clavicle
60
Anatomical Name: Shoulder Blade
scapula
61
Anatomical Name: Upper Arm Bone
humerus
62
Anatomical Name: forearm bone on thumb side of lower arm
radius
63
Anatomical Name: bones of wrist
carpus
64
Anatomical Name: bones in palm of hand
metacarpus
65
Anatomical Name: finger bones
phalanges
66
Anatomical Name: thigh bone
femur
67
Anatomical Name: kneecap
patella
68
Anatomical Name: shin bone
tibia
69
Anatomical Name: ankle and heel bones
tarsus
70
-algia
pain
71
-ar
pertaining to
72
-ary
pertaining to
73
-centesis
puncture to withdraw fluid
74
-clasia
surgically break
75
-desis
to fuse
76
-eal
pertaining to
77
-ectomy
surgical removal
78
-genic
producing
79
-gram
record
80
-graph
to record
81
-graphy
process of recording
82
medical treatment
-iatry
83
inflammation
-itis
84
slipping
-listhesis
85
abnormal softening
-malacia
86
process of measuring
-metry
87
-oma
tumor
88
-osis
abnormal condition
89
-otomy
cutting into
90
-pathy
disease
91
-plasty
surgical repair
92
-porosis
porous
93
-scope
instrument for viewing
94
-scopic
pertaining to visually examining
95
-scopy
process of visually examining
96
-stenosis
narrowing
97
-tome
instrument to cut
98
per-
through
