-ics
knowledge or practice
crani/o-
cranium
front/o-
front
pariet/o-
wall of a cavity
occipital bone
part of the skull that firms the back of the head
tempero/o-
temple
foraman
opening
sternum
breast bone
cost/o-
rib
cartilage
a smooth, firm, but flexible connective tissue
chondr/o-
cartilage
coccyx
tailbone
coccyg/o-
tailbone
scapula
shoulder blade
humerus
the long bone in the upper arm
Humeral
descroptive word for the bone of the upper arm
ilium
superior bone of the hip bone of the pelvis
ileum
3rd part of the small intestine
ileus
abnormal absence of contraction in small intestine
Arthralgia
pain in the joint
arthr/o-
joint
alg/o-
pain
intra-articular
within the joint
articul/o-
joint
cartilage
type of dense connective tissue
chondro/-o
cartilage
periosteum
a thick, fibrous membrane
peri-
around
osse/o-
bone
Epiphysis
cancellous bone
oste/o-
bone
-oma
tumor, mass
osteosarcoma
malignant cancer of the bone
comminut/o-
break into minute pieces
-ed
pertaining to
compress/o-
press together
depress/o-
press down
obligue fracture
slanting
Osteomyelitis
infection of bone or bone marrow
Lordosis
swayback
kyphosis
humpbacked
scoliosis
curving sidways
arthro-
joint
alg/o-
pain
crepitus
grinding noise heard as bone ends rub together (arthritis)
Closed Frecture
any type of frature in which the bone does not break through the overlying skin
open
any type of fracture in which he bone breaks through the overlying skin
displaced
broken bone ends are pulled out of their normal anantomical alignment
Comminuted
bone is crushed into several pieces
compression
vertebrae are compressed together after falling onto the buttocks or a vertebra colapses in on itself because of disease
depressed
cranium is fractured inward towards the brain