skeletal system Flashcards
acr/o
extremities
ankyl/o
crooked;bent;stiff
arthr/o
joint
brachi/o
arm
burs/o
bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)
carp/o
wrist
cervic/o
neck
chir/o
hand
chondr/o
cartilage
cost/o
rib
kyph/o
humpback
crani/o
skull
lord/o
curve;swayback
lumb/o
lumbar region; loin
lux/o
slide
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
narc/o
numbness;sleep;stupor
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
ped/o
foot;child
pod/o
foot
pyret/o
fever
rachi/o
spine;vertebra
rheumat/o
watery flow
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh;connective tissue
scoli/o
crooked;bent
spondyl/o
vertebra;backbone
ster/o
solid structure; steroid
synovi/o
lubrating fluid of joints
tars/o
ankle
ten/o
tendin/o
tendon/o
tendon
a-
an-
not;without
anti-
against
inter-
between
intra-
within;into
meta-
change;beyond
non-
not
peri-
around;surrounding
sub-
below;under
supra-
above
syn-
together;with
-al
-ic
pertaining to
-algia
pain
-ation
process;condition
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-desis
to bind;; tie together
-ectomy
surgical removal;excision
-itis
inflammation
-malacia
softening
-oid
like;resembling
-oma
tumor;mass
-osis
abnormal condition
-penia
deficiency
-plasty
surgical repair
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
-scope
instrument used to view
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
-tomy
process of cutting; incision