Language of Medicine 15 Flashcards
(74 cards)
1
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cal/o, calci/o
A
calcium
2
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kyph/o
A
humpback, hunchback
posterior curvature in the thoracic region
3
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lamin/o
A
lamina
part or the vertebral arch
4
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lord/o
A
curve, swayback
anterior curvature in the lumbar region
5
Q
lumb/o
A
loins, lower back
6
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myel/o
A
bone marrow
7
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orth/o
A
straight
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oste/o
A
bone
9
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scoli/o
A
crooked, bent
lateral curvature
10
Q
spondyl/o
used to make words about conditions of the structure
A
vertebra
11
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vertebr/o
used to describe the structure itself
A
vertebra
12
Q
-blast
A
embryonic or immature cells
13
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-clast
A
to break
14
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-lithesis
A
slipping
15
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-malacia
A
softening
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-physis
A
to grow
17
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-porosis
A
pore, passage
18
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-tome
A
instrument to cut
19
Q
acetabul/o
A
acetabulum
hip socket
20
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calcane/o
A
calcaneus
heel
21
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carp/o
A
carpals
wrist bones
22
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clavicul/o
A
clavicle
collar bone
23
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cost/o
A
ribs
true ribs, false ribs, & floating ribs
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crani/o
A
cranium
skull
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femor/o
femur
| thigh bone
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fibul/o
fibula
| smaller lower leg bone
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humer/o
humerous
| upper part of pelvic bone
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ili/o
ilium
| upper part of pelvic bone
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ischi/o
ischium
| posterior part of pelvic bone
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malleol/o
malleus
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mandibul/o
mandible
| lower jawbone
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maxill/o
maxilla
| upper jawbone
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metacarp/o
metacarpals
| hand bones
34
metatars/o
metatarsals
| foot bones
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olecran/o
olecranon
| elbow
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petell/o
patella
| kneecap
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pelv/i
pelvis
| hipbone
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-metry
process of measuring
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petone/o
fibula
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phalang/o
phalanges
| finger and/or toe bones
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pub/o
pubis
| anterior part of the pelvic bone
42
radi/o
radius
| forearm bone - thumb side
43
scapul/o
scapula
| shoulder bone
44
stern/o
sternum
| breastbone
45
tars/o
tarsals
| bones of the hindfoot
46
tibi/o
tibia
| shin bone
47
uln/o
ulna
| forearm bone - little finger side
48
ankyl/o
stiff
49
arthr/o
joint
50
articul/o
joint
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burs/o
bursa
| sac of fluid near a joint
52
chondr/o
cartilage
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ligament/o
ligament
54
rheumat/o
watery flow
55
synov/o
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synovial membrane
(tissue lining the synovial cavity, synovial cavity is the space between bones at a synovial joint, synovial joint is an immovable joint)
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56
ten/o
tendon
57
tendin/o
tendon
58
-desis
to bind, tie together
59
-stenosis
narrowing
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fasci/o
fascia
| forms sheaths enveloping muscles
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fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
62
leimy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines
| the walls of internal organs
63
my/o
muscle
64
myocardi/o
heart muscle
65
myos/o
muscle
66
plant/o
sole of the foot
67
rhabdomy/o
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
68
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
69
-asthenia
lack of strength
70
-trophy
development, nourishment
71
ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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dorsi-
back
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poly-
many, much
