Word Parts (Chapter 3)

Question 1

ankyl/o

Answer 1

Crooked, bent, stiff

Question 2

arthr/o or articul/o

Answer 2

Joint (articulations)

Question 3

chondr/i

Answer 3

Cartilage

Question 4

cost/o

Answer 4

Rib

Question 5

crani/o

Answer 5

Skull

Question 6

-desis

Answer 6

To bind or tie together

Question 7

kyph/o

Answer 7

Bent or hump

Question 8

lord/o

Answer 8

Curve, swayback, bent backward

Question 9

-lysis

Answer 9

Setting free or loosening

Question 10

Ligament/o

Answer 10

Ligaments

Question 11

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

Answer 11

Bone

Question 12

scoli/o

Answer 12

curved or bent

Question 13

spondyl/o

Answer 13

Vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

Question 14

synovi/o

Answer 14

Synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Question 15

-um

Answer 15

singular noun ending

Question 16

Hem/o

Answer 16

Blood

Question 17

-poetic (pot-ET-ick)

Answer 17

Pertaining to formation.

Question 18

Ab -
Ad -
Circum -

Answer 18

Away from
Toward
Around

Question 19

Duct/o

Answer 19

Lead, carry

Question 20

-ion

Answer 20

Process of

Question 21

Tendon/o
Tendin/o
Ten/o

Answer 21

Tendon (connects muscle to bone)

Question 22

Myel/o

Answer 22

Bone marrow & means spinal cord

Question 23

Vertebr/o

Answer 23

Vertebra

Question 24

Lumb/o

Answer 24

Lower back

Question 25

Thorac/o

Answer 25

Chest

Question 26

Cervic/o

Answer 26

Neck

Question 27

Valgus

Answer 27

Bent

Question 28

-listhesis

Answer 28

Slipping

Question 29

Spina

Answer 29

Pertaining to the spine

Question 30

Bifida

Answer 30

Split

Question 31

Por

Answer 31

Small opening