Unit 5: Muscles, Bones, and Joints Flashcards
acromi/o
acromion process (shoulder)
arthr/o
joint
calcane/o
heel bone
carp/o
carpal bone (wrist)
cervic/o
cervical, neck
chondr/o
cartilage
clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavical
coccyg/o
coccyx (tail bone)
condly/o
condyle
cost/o
rip
crani/o
skull
dent/o
tooth
disk/o
disk
fibul/o
fibula
femor/o
femur
humer/o
humerus
ischi/o
ischium
kinesi/o
movement
kyph/o
humpback
lamin/o
lamina
lord/o
swayback
malac/o
softening
my/o
muscle
odont/o
teeth
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic
phalang/o
phalanges
por/o
porous
pub/o
pubis
radi/o
radius
rheumat/o
rheumatism
sacr/o
sacrum
scoli/o
crooked
skelet/o
skeleton
spondyl/o
spine
stern/o
sternum
ten/o, tendon/o. tendin/o
tendon
thorac/o
thorax
tibi/o
tibia
uln/o
unla
xiph/o
xiphoid process
a-, an-
without
de-
down from, less than
dys-
difficulty, painful
epi-
upon
inter-
between
meta-
beyond
peri-
around, near
supra-
above or on the topside
-ar, -al, -ic (adjective endings)
pertaining to
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
-ist
specialist
-meter
measuring instrument
-metry
process of measuring
-oid
resembling, like
-plasia
development
-plasty
surgical repair
-plegia
paralysis
-scope
instrument for viewing
-scopy
process of examination with a scope
-taxia
condition of internal organization or arrangement