Combining Forms, Bone, Chapter Fifteen Flashcards
Kyph/o
Posterior curvature in the thoracic region
Kyphosis
Cal/o
Calci/o
Calcium
Hypercalcium
Lamin/o
Lamina; part of the vertebral arch
Laminectomy
Lord/o
Anterior curvature in the lumbar region
Lordosis
Lumb/o
Loins, lower back
Lumbar
Myel/o
Bone marrow
Myelopoiesis
Orth/o
Straight
Orthopedic
Oste/o
Bone
Osteitis
Scoli/o
Lateral curvature
Scoliosis
Spondyl/o
Vertebra (used to form words in relation to conditions of the structure)
Spondylosis
Vertebr/o
Vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)
Vertebroplasty
Acetabul/o
Acetabulum (hip socket)
Acetabular
Clacane/o
Calcaneus (heel)
Calcaneal
Carp/o
Carpals (wrist bones)
Clavic/o
Clavicle (collar bone)
Supraclavicular
Cost/o
Ribs (True, false, and floating)
Subcostal, chondrocostal.
Crani/o
Cranium (skull)
Craniotomy
Femor/o
Femur (thigh bone)
Femoral
Fibul/o
Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
Fibular
Humer/o
Humerus (upper arm bone)
Humeral
Ili/o
Ilium (upper part of the pelvic bone)
Iliac
Ischi/o
Ischium (posterior part of the pelvic bone)
Ischial
Malleol/o
Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
Malleolar
Mandibul/o
Mandible (lower jawbone)
Mandibular