Chapter 5 Flashcards
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Acetabulum
Acetabul/o
Common name: hip socket
Acetabular
Pertaining to acetabulum
Carp/o
=carpals
CN: wrist bones
Carpal:pertaining to the wrist bones
Cost/o
=ribs
Chondrocostal
Pertaining to the cartilage attached to the ribs
Femor/o
CN: thigh bone
Femoral
Pertaining to the thigh bone
Metacarp/o
=Metacarpals
CN: hand bones
Metacarpectomy
Removal of the hand bones
Perone/o
=fibula
Also fibul/o=fibula too
Pertaining to the fibula
Peroneal and Fibular
Olecran/o
=olecranon
CN: elbow
Olecranal
Pertaining to the elbow
Pub/o
=pubis
Anterior region of pelvic bone
Pubic
Pertaining to the pelvis
Stern/o
=Sternum
CN: breastbone
Sternal
Pertaining to the sternum
Scapul/o
=scapula
CN: shoulder blade
Scapular: pertaining to the scapula
Ankyl/o
=stiff
Ankylosis: abnormal stiffening and immobility of a joint
Hemarthrosis
Abnormal condition of blood in a joint
Hem/arthr/osis= blood/joint/abnormal condition
Rheumat/o
=watery flow
Rheumatologist
Specialist in the treatment of joint disorders
-desis
To bind, to tie together
Arthrodesis
Binding together (surgical fusion of a joint)
