L2 CH3 WP Flashcards
Prefixes, word roots and suffixes
1
Q
Arthr/o
word roots
A
Joint
2
Q
Ankyl/o
word roots
A
Crooked, bent, stiff
3
Q
Burs/o
word roots
A
Bursa
4
Q
Chondr/o
word roots
A
Cartilage
5
Q
Cost/o
word roots
A
Rib
6
Q
Crani/o
word roots
A
Skull
7
Q
Fasci/
word roots
A
Fascia
8
Q
Fibr/o
word roots
A
Fibrous tissue
9
Q
Kyph/o
word roots
A
Bent, hump
10
Q
Muscul/o
word roots
A
Muscle
11
Q
Myel/o
word roots
A
Bone marrow, spinal cord
12
Q
My/o
word roots
A
Muscle
13
Q
Orth/o
word roots
A
Straight, normal
14
Q
Oste/o
word roots
A
Bone
15
Q
Ped/o
word roots
A
Foot
16
Q
Phalang/o
word roots
A
Bones of the fingers and toes
17
Q
Pod/o
word roots
A
Foot
18
Q
Scoli/o
word roots
A
Curved, bent
19
Q
Spondyl/o
word roots
A
Vertebrae, vertebral column
20
Q
Synovi/o
word roots
A
Synovial membrane or fluid
21
Q
Ten/o, Tendin/o
word roots
A
Tendon
22
Q
Vertebr/o
word roots
A
Vertebra
23
Q
-poietic
suffix
A
pertaining to formation
24
Q
-desis
suffix
A
Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse
25
-listhesis
## Footnote
suffix
Slipping
26
-lysis
## Footnote
suffix
Loosening or setting free. also means breaking down or destruction and
may indicate either a pathologic state or a therapeutic procedure.
27
-plegia
## Footnote
suffix
Paralysis
28
-porosis
## Footnote
suffix
Porous condition
29
sacr/o
sacrum
30
ili
ilium
31
capsul
little box
32
ankylosing
progressive
stiffening of a joint or joints
33
lord
bent backward
34
por
small opening
35
lamin
lamina
36
-clasis
to break
37
-iatrist
specialist
38
Spina
pertaining to the spine
39
Bifida
split
40
por
small opening
