the skeletal system Flashcards
1
Q
- -al
A
like, similar pertaining to
2
Q
- -algia
A
pain
3
Q
- ambi
A
both, both sides
4
Q
- ante
A
before, in front of, ahead of
5
Q
- artho/o
A
joint
6
Q
- -blast
A
germ/ embryonic cell
7
Q
- branchi/o
A
air tubes in lungs
8
Q
- -ar
A
pertaining to
9
Q
- burs/o
A
refers to the bursa
10
Q
- -centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
11
Q
- cervic/o
A
neck/ neck of uterus
12
Q
- chondr/o
A
cartilage
13
Q
- -clast
A
cell to break down
14
Q
- cost/o
A
rib
15
Q
- crani/o
A
pertaining to the skull
16
Q
- -cyte
A
cell
17
Q
- -ectomy
A
surgical removal of
18
Q
- -graphy
A
the process of taking a picture
19
Q
- hemat/o
A
blood
20
Q
- -ic
A
pertaining to
21
Q
- inter
A
between, among
22
Q
- -itis
A
inflammation, inflammation of
23
Q
- ligament/o
A
ligament
24
Q
- -malacia
A
softening of a tissue
25
Q
- menisc/o
A
meniscus
26
Q
- myel/o
A
bone marrow, spinal cord
27
Q
- -oma
A
tumor, a swelling
28
Q
- orth/o
A
normal, straight
29
Q
- -osis
A
condition, state, process
30
Q
- osse/o
A
bone
31
Q
- oste/o
A
bone
32
Q
- peri
A
around
33
Q
- scoli/o
A
crooked, curved
34
Q
- -scope
A
examining instrument
35
Q
- -scopy
A
observation
36
Q
- spondyl/o
A
vertebr, vertebral column
