15 Flashcards
1
Q
calc/o
calci/o
A
calcium
2
Q
kyph/o
A
posterior curvature in thoracic cavity
3
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
4
Q
lord/o
A
curve
5
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
loins
6
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
Q
orth/o
A
straight
8
Q
oste/o
A
bone
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked
10
Q
spondyl/o
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
11
Q
-blast
A
embryonic cell
12
Q
-clast
A
to break
13
Q
-listesis
A
slipping
14
Q
-malacia
A
softening
15
Q
-physis
A
to grow
16
Q
-porosis
A
pore
passage
17
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
18
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
19
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneous (heal)
20
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
21
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
22
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
23
Q
crani/o
A
cranium (skull)
24
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bones)
25
fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
26
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
27
ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
28
ischi/o
ischium (part of pelvic bone)
29
malleol/o
malleolus
30
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
31
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
32
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
33
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
34
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
35
patell/o
patella (knee cap)
36
pelv/i
pelvis
37
perone/o
fibula
38
phalang/o
phalanges (finger, toe bone)
39
pub/o
pubis
40
radi/o
radius
41
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blades)
42
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
43
tars/o
tarsals
44
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
45
uln/o
ulna (lower arm bone)
46
ligament/o
ligament
47
rheumat/o
watery flow
48
synov/o
synovial membrane
49
ten/o
tendon
50
tendin/o
tendon
51
ankyl/o
stiff
52
arthr/o
joint
53
articul/o
joint
54
burs/o
bursa
55
chondr/o
cartilage
56
-desis
to bind
tie together
57
myocardi/o
heart muscle
58
myos/o
muscle
59
plant/o
sole of the foot
60
rhabdomy/o
skeletal muscle connected to bones
61
sarc/o
muscles and flesh
62
ab-
away
63
ad-
towards
64
dorsi-
Back
65
Poly-
Many
Much
66
Fasci/o
Fascia
67
Fibr/o
Fibrous
68
Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle
69
My/o
Muscle
70
-asthenia
Lack of strength
71
-trophy
Development
Nourishment
