Unit 4: Section1: Skeletal System Flashcards by Adam Stifter

Q

ankyl/o

A

stiff joint

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arthr/o
articul/o

A

joint

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Q

burs/o

A

sac; bursa

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carp/o

A

carpus

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cervic/o

A

neck

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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clavicul/o

A

clavicle

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coccyg/o

A

coccyx

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cortic/o

A

outer layer

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Q

cost/o

A

rib

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crani/o

A

skull

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Q

femor/o

A

femur

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fibul/o

A

fibula

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humer/o

A

humerus

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ili/o

A

ilium

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ischi/o

A

ischium

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kyph/o

A

hump

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lamin/o

A

lamina (part of vertebra)

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Q

lord/o

A

bent backward

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lumb/o

A

loin (low back between ribs and pelvis)

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mandibul/o

A

mandible

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maxill/o

A

maxilla

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medull/o

A

inner region

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metacarp/o

A

metacarpus

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metatars/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o thorac/o

chest

ped/o

child; foot

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius; ray (X-ray)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synovi/o synov/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

tarsus

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-blast

immature

-clasia

to surgically break

-desis

to fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to the study of

-porosis

porous

dis-

apart

non-

not

-ous -al -ar -ary -tic -ac -eal -ic -ory

pertaining to

peri-

around

epi-

above

-oid

resembling

fibr/o

fibers

cutane/o

skin

erythr/o

red

sarc/o

flesh

-algia

pain

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-desis

to fuse

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graph

to record

-graphy

process of recording

-iatry

medical treatment

-logy

study of

-malacia

abnormal softening

-metry

process of measuring

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-plasty

surgically repair

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis

narrowing

-tome

instrument to cut

anti-

against

ex-

outward

inter-

between

intra-

within

per-

through

pre-

before

sub-

under