Skeletal System - Word Parts Flashcards by Ben Logsdon

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skelet/o-

A

skeleton

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muscul/o-

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muscle

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axi/o-

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axis

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appendicul/o-

A

limb; small attached part

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crani/o-

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cranium (skull)

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front/o-

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front

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pariet/o-

A

wall of a cavity

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sagitt/o-

A

going from front to back

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occipit/o-

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occiput (back of the head)

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tempor/o-

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temple (side of the head)

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mast/o-

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breast; mastoid process

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styl/o-

A

stake

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sphen/o-

A

wedge shape

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nas/o-

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nose

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lacrim/o-

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tears

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maxill/o-

A

maxilla (upper jaw)

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palat/o-

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palate

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mandibul/o-

A

mandible (lower jaw)

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hy/o-

A

U-shaped structure

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thorac/o-

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thorax (chest)

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stern/o-

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sternum (breast bone)

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xiph/o-

A

sword

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cost/o-

A

rib

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cartilagin/o-

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cartilage

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chondr/o-

cartilage

spin/o-

spine; backbone

vertebr/o-

vertebra

cervic/o-

neck

lumb/o-

lower back; area between the ribs and the pelvis

sacr/o-

sacrum

coccyg/o-

coccyx (tail bone)

trans-

across; through

-verse

to travel; to turn

clavicul/o-

clavicle (collar bone)

scapul/o-

scapula (shoulder blade)

glen/o-

socket of a joint

humer/o-

humerus (upper arm bone)

radi/o-

radius (forearm bone); x-rays; radiation

uln/o-

ulna (forearm bone)

carp/o-

wrist

meta-

after; subsequent to; transition; change

phalang/o-

phlanx (finger or toe)

-eal

pertaining to

pelv/o-

pelvic (hip bone; renal)

ili/o-

illium (hip bone)

acetabul/o-

acetabulum (hip socket)

ischi/o-

ischium (hip bone)

pub/o-

pubis (hip bone)

sym-

together; with

-physis

state of growing

femor/o-

femur (thigh bone)

tibi/o-

tibia (shin bone)

fibul/o-

fibula (lower leg bone)

patell/o-

patella (kneecap)

tars/o-

ankle

calcane/o-

calcaneus (heel bone)

articul/o-

joint

synovi/o-

synovium (membrane)

ligament/o-

ligament

osse/o-

bone

oste/o-

bone

diaphys/o-

shaft of a bone

peri-

around

cortic/o-

cortex (outer region)

medull/o-

medulla (inner region)

cancell/o-

lattice structure

ossificat/o-

changing into bone

-clast

cell that breaks down substances

-blast

immature cell

malac/o-

softening

comminute/o-

break into

-ed

pertaining to

depress/o-

press down

por/o-

small openings; pores

mineral/o-

mineral; electrolyte

-ization

process of making, creating, or inserting

ankyl/o-

fused together; stiff

-osing

a condition of doing

spondyl/o-

vertebra

myel/o-

bone

kyph/o-

bent; humpbacked

scoli/o-

curved; crooked

lord/o-

swayback

dextr/o-

right

lev/o-

left

-olisthesis

abnormal condition with slipping

alg/o-

pain

arthr/o-

joint

-pathy

disease; suffering

dis-

away from

locat/o-

a place

congenit/o-

present at birth

-phyte

growth

gener/o-

production; creation

-ative

pertaining to

rheumat/o-

watery discharge