unit 5 word parts Flashcards
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
bent, crooked, stiff
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
4
Q
burs/o
A
fluid filled sac near joint
5
Q
calcane/o
A
heel
6
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
7
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling, tumor
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
-clasia
A
breaking, crushing
11
Q
coccyx
A
tail of the vertebral column, tailbone
12
Q
cost/o
A
rib
13
Q
crani/o
A
head, skull
14
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger
15
Q
dys-
A
bad, painful, difficult
16
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
17
Q
fasci/o
A
connective tissue that encases muscles
18
Q
femor/o
A
femur, thigh bone
19
Q
kines-, kinesi/o
A
movement or motion
20
Q
lumb/o
A
lumbar, lower back
21
Q
metacarp/o
A
bones of the hand
22
Q
my/o
myos/o
muscul/o
A
muscle
23
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
24
Q
ost-, oste/o
A
bone
25
-paresis
slight paralysis, partial
26
patell/o
kneecap
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-physis
growth
29
radi/o
radius bone or x-ray/ radiation
30
spondyl/o
vertebrae
31
stern/o
sternum or breastbone
32
tars/o
ankle
33
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
34
thora-, thorac/o
chest
35
tibi/o
tibia, lower leg, shinbone
36
ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
tendon
37
ton/o
tone, tension, stretching
38
-trophy
nourishment, development
39
vertebr/o
backbone
