Chapter 5: Skeletal System Flashcards
1
Q
-algia
A
pain
2
Q
ankly/o
A
stiff, crooked, bent
3
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
4
Q
-blast
A
precursor, developing cell
5
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
6
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel bone)
7
Q
carp/o
A
carpals (wrist bone)
8
Q
cervic/o
A
cervical (neck)
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
-clast
A
cell to break down
11
Q
cost/o
A
rib
12
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, helmet, skull
13
Q
-cyte
A
cell
14
Q
-ectomy
A
removal of
15
Q
femor/o
A
femur
16
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
17
Q
-itis
A
inflammation of
18
Q
kyph/o
A
hump
19
Q
curvature of the LUMBAR spine
A
lordosis
20
Q
-malacia
A
softening
21
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
22
Q
-oma
A
tumor
23
Q
orth/o
A
straight
24
Q
oste/o
A
bone
25
ped
foot or child
26
peri
around
27
phalang/o
phalanges (fingers and toes)
28
-physis
growth
29
-porosis
porous condition
30
scoli/o
crooked, or curved
31
-scope
instrument to view or examine
32
-scopy
to visualize or view
33
spondyl/o
vertebra or vertebral column
34
syn
with or together
35
ankylosis
condition of being crooked, bent or stiff
36
arthralgia
joint pain
37
inflammation of joints
arthritis
38
surgical puncture of remove fluid from the joint
arthrocentesis
39
arthroplasty
repair of the joints
