Chapter 6 Word Elements Flashcards
acetabul/o
acetabulum (acetabular*)
-blast, blast/o
embryonic stage of development (osteoblast)
calc/o, calc/i
calcium (hypocalcemia)
calcane/o
heel bone (calcaneodynia*)
carp/o
wrist (carpal)
-clast, clastic
to break (osteoclast*)
clavicul/o
collarbone (supraclavicular*)
coccyg/o
coccyx* (coccygeal*)
cost/o
ribs (costochondral*)
crani/o
skull, cranium (craniotomy*)
femor/o
femur* (femoral*)
fibul/o
fibula* (fibular*)
gen/o
to produce (osteogenesis)
humer/o
humerus* (humeral*)
ili/o
ilium (iliac*)
ischi/o
ischium (ischial*)
kyph/o
humpback, pertaining to a hump (kyphosis*)
lamin/o
lamina (laminectomy*)
lumb/o
loins, lower back (lumbar*)
malac/o
softening (malacotmy)
-malacia
sofentening (osteomalacia)
mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw bone (mandibular*)
mastoid/o
mastoid process (mastoiditis*)
maxill/o
upper jaw (maxillary*)
metacarp/o
hand bones (metacarpals*)
metatars/o
foot bones (metatarsalgia*)
myel/o
spinal cord or bone marrow (osteomyelitis*)
olecran/o
elbow (olecranon)
orth/o
straight (orthopedics*)
oste/o
bone (osteoma*)
patell/o, patell/a
kneecap (patellar*)
pelv/i
pelvis (pelvimetry*)
phalang/o
finger, toes (phalangitis*)
-physis
growth, growing (diaphysis)
por/o
cavity, opening, passage, or pore (osteoporotic)
-porosis
porous; lessening in density (osteoporosis)
pub/o
pubis (pubic*)
rach/i
spinal column (rachitis)
scapul/o
shoulder blade (scapular*)
scoli/o
crooked, bent (scoliosis*)
spondyl/o
vertebra (spondylosis*)
sten/o
short, contracted, or narrow (stenosis)
stern/o
sternum (substernal*)
tars/o
ankle bones (tarsals*)
tempor/o
temples of the head (temporal*)
vertebr/o
vertebra (intervertebral)