Unit 3 Flashcards
Orthopedics, Osteopathy, and body regions
1
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Oste/o
A
Bone
Osteon
2
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Oste/o/por/osis
A
Deterioration of the bone matrix causing pores and weakness
3
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Poros
A
Passageway
4
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Dys
A
Difficult or poor, defective, obnormal
5
Q
Inter
A
between
6
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Peri
A
around or near
7
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-plasia
A
growth, development, or formation
8
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-scope
A
instrument used to look at…
9
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-plasty
A
surgical repair or reconstruction
10
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Myel/o
A
Bone marrow or spinal cord
11
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Arthr/o
A
joint
12
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-plasia
A
development
13
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a/plasia
A
failure of development
14
Q
Ten/o
A
tendon
tend/o
Tendin/o
15
Q
Burs/o
A
Bursa
A small serous sac between a tendon and a bone
16
Q
Burs/ae
A
plural: more than one bursa
17
Q
Chondr/o
A
Cartilage
18
Q
Cost/o
A
Ribs
19
Q
Dent
A
Teeth
20
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Odont/o
A
Shaped like a tooth
21
Q
Peri
A
Around or near
22
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Orth/o
A
Strait
23
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Prosth
A
Artificial body/replacement
24
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Lumb/o
A
Lower back
25
Thorac/o
Chest, thorax
26
Supra
higher in position, over, above
27
Pub/o
Pelvis
28
CPD
Celphal/o/pelv/ic Disproportion
| When the head of the fetus is larger than the diameter of the mother's pelvis
29
-meter
instrument used to measure
30
Ab-
from, away from
31
Ab/duction
movement away from midline
32
Ducere
duct
| to lead or move
33
ad
toward
34
ad/duct/ion
movement toward a midline
| verb:adduct
35
abdomin/o
abdomen
36
RUQ
Right upper quadrant
37
LUQ
Left upper quadrant
38
RLQ
Right lower quadrant
39
LLQ
Left lower quadrant
40
Paracentesis
insertion of a needle into a cavity for the purpose of aspirating fluid
Cardi/o/centesis- surgical puncture of the heart
Amni/o/centesis ... of the amnion
Abdomin/o/centesis ... of the abdomen
41
Cyst/o
bladder
42
Thorac/o
Thorax or chest
| Thorases: plural
43
Hydro
Water or fluid
44
CPD
Cephalopelvic Disporportion
45
CXR
Chest X-Ray
46
Cysto
Cystoscopy
47
DTs
Delirium Tremens
48
FAS
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
49
FX
Fracture
50
H2O
Water
51
RA
Rheumatoid Arthritis
