chapter 15 med terms (combining/suffix) Flashcards
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calc/o
A
calcium
2
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calci/o
A
calcium
3
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kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region)
4
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lamin/o
A
lamina (part of the vertebral arch)
5
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lord/o
A
curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region)
6
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lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
7
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myel/o
A
Bone marrow
8
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orth/o
A
Straight
9
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oste/o
A
Bone
10
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scoli/o
A
crooked, bent (lateral curvature)
11
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Spondyl/o
A
Vertebra (used to make words about conditions of the structure)
12
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Vertebr/o
A
Vertebra (used to describe the structure itself)
13
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-blast
A
embryonic or immature cell
14
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-clast
A
To break
15
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-listhesis
A
Slipping
16
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-malacia
A
Softening
17
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-physis
A
To grow
18
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-porosis
A
Pore, passage
19
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
20
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acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
21
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calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel)
22
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carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bones)
23
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clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
24
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cost/o
A
ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs)
25
crani/o
cranium (skull)
26
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
27
fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
28
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
29
ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
30
ischi/o
ischium
(posterior part of pelvic bone)
31
malleol/o
malleolus
(process on each side of the ankle)
32
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jawbone)
33
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
34
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
35
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
36
olecran/o
olecranon
(elbow)
37
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
38
pelv/o
Prlvis
39
phalang
phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
40
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
41
radi/o
radius (forearm bone-thumb side)
42
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder scapular blade)
43
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
44
tars/o
tarsals (bones of
tarsectomy
the mid and hindfoot)
45
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
46
uln/o
ulna (forearm
bone-little finger side)
