Combining Forms for Skeletal System Flashcards

1
Q

Ankyl/o

A

crooked, bent, stiff

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2
Q

Arthr/o

A

joint

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3
Q

Burs/o

A

Bursa

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4
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

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5
Q

cost/o

A

rib

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6
Q

Crani/o

A

skull

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7
Q

fasci/

A

fascia

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8
Q

fibr/o

A

fibrous tissue

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9
Q

kyph/o

A

bent, hump

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10
Q

muscul/o

A

muscle

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11
Q

myel/o

A

bone marrow, spinal cord

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12
Q

my/o

A

muscle

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13
Q

orth/o

A

straight, normal

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14
Q

oste/o

A

bone

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15
Q

ped/o

A

foot

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16
Q

scoli/o

A

curved, bent

17
Q

spondyl/o

A

synovial membrane or fluid

18
Q

ten/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

19
Q

vertebr/o

A

vertebra

20
Q

-desis

A

Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse

21
Q

Ectomy

A

Surgical excision removal

22
Q

-itis

A

Inflammation

23
Q

-listhesis 

A

Slipping

24
Q

-lysis

A

Loosening or setting free

25
Q

-malacia

A

Abnormal softening

26
Q

-necrosis

A

Tissue death

27
Q

-oma

A

Tumor

28
Q

-osis

A

Condition

29
Q

-penia

A

Deficiency

30
Q

-plasty

A

Surgical repair

31
Q

-plegia 

A

Paralysis

32
Q

-porosis

A

Porous condition

33
Q

-rrhaphy

A

Surgical suturing

34
Q

-rrhexis

A

Rupture

35
Q

-scopy

A

Visual examination

36
Q

-tomy

A

Cutting into the organ