chapter 15

Question 1

combining form

calc/o
calci/o

Answer 1

calcium

Question 2

combining form

kyph/o

Answer 2

humpback, hunchback

Question 3

combining form

lamin/o

Answer 3

lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

Question 4

combining form

lord/o

Answer 4

curve, swayback

Question 5

combining form

lumb/o

Answer 5

loins, lower back

Question 6

combining form

myel/o

Answer 6

bone marrow

Question 7

combining form

orth/o

Answer 7

straight

Question 8

combining form

oste/o

Answer 8

bone

Question 9

combining form

scoli/o

Answer 9

crooked, bent

Question 10

combining form

spondyl/o
vertebr/o

Answer 10

vertebra

Question 11

suffix

-blast

Answer 11

embryonic or immature cell

Question 12

suffix

-clast

Answer 12

to break

Question 13

suffix

-listhesis

Answer 13

slipping

Question 14

suffix

-malacia

Answer 14

softening

Question 15

suffix

-physis

Answer 15

to grow

Question 16

suffix

-porosis

Answer 16

pore, passage

Question 17

suffix

-tome

Answer 17

instrument to cut

Question 18

combining form

acetabul/o

Answer 18

acetabulum (hip socket)

Question 19

combining form

calcane/o

Answer 19

calcaneus (heel)

Question 20

combining form

carp/o

Answer 20

carpals (wrist bones)

Question 21

combining form

clavicul/o

Answer 21

clavicle (collarbone)

Question 22

combining form

cost/o

Answer 22

ribs

Question 23

combining form

crani/o

Answer 23

cranium (skull)

Question 24

combining form

femor/o

Answer 24

femur

Question 25

# combining form fibul/o

Answer 25

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Question 26

# combining form humer/o

Answer 26

humerus (upper arm bone)

Question 27

# combining form ili/o

Answer 27

ilium (upper part of the pelvis)

Question 28

# combining form ischi/o

Answer 28

ischium (posterior part of the pelvis)

Question 29

# combining form malleol/o

Answer 29

malleolus (process on each side of ankle)

Question 30

# combining form mandibul/o

Answer 30

mandible

Question 31

# combining form maxill/o

Answer 31

maxilla

Question 32

# combining form metacarp/o

Answer 32

metacarpals

Question 33

# combining form metatars/o

Answer 33

metatarsals (foot bones)

Question 34

# combining form olecran/o

Answer 34

olecranon (elbow)

Question 35

# combining form patell/o

Answer 35

patella

Question 36

# combining form pelv/o

Answer 36

pelvis

Question 37

# combining form phalang/o

Answer 37

phalanges (finger and toe bones)

Question 38

# combining form pub/o

Answer 38

pubis

Question 39

# combining form radi/o

Answer 39

radius

Question 40

# combining form scapul/o

Answer 40

scapula

Question 41

# combining form stern/o

Answer 41

sternum

Question 42

# combining form tars/o

Answer 42

tarsals (bones of the mid foot)

Question 43

# combining form tibi/o

Answer 43

tibia (shinbone)

Question 44

# combining form uln/o

Answer 44

ulna

Question 45

# combining form ankyl/o

Answer 45

stiff

Question 46

# combining form arthr/o articul/o

Answer 46

joint

Question 47

# combining form burs/o

Answer 47

bursa

Question 48

# combining form chondr/o

Answer 48

cartilage

Question 49

# combining form ligament/o

Answer 49

ligament

Question 50

# combining form rheumat/o

Answer 50

watery flow

Question 51

# combining form synov/o

Answer 51

synovial membrane

Question 52

# combining form ten/o tendin/o

Answer 52

tendon

Question 53

# suffix -desis

Answer 53

to bind, tie together

Question 54

# suffix -stenosis

Answer 54

narrowing

Question 55

# combining form fasci/o

Answer 55

fascia

Question 56

# combining form fibr/o

Answer 56

fibrous connective tissue

Question 57

# combining form leiomy/o

Answer 57

smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

Question 58

# combining form my/o

Answer 58

muscle

Question 59

# combining form myocardi/o

Answer 59

heart muscle

Question 60

# combining form myos/o

Answer 60

muscle

Question 61

# combining form plant/o

Answer 61

sole of the foot

Question 62

# combining form rhabdomy/o

Answer 62

skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

Question 63

# combining form sarc/o

Answer 63

muscle and flesh

Question 64

# suffix -asthenia

Answer 64

lack of strength

Question 65

# suffix -trophy

Answer 65

development, nourishment

Question 66

# prefix ab-

Answer 66

away from

Question 67

# prefix ad-

Answer 67

toward

Question 68

# prefix dorsi-

Answer 68

back

Question 69

# prefix poly-

Answer 69

many, much