Med Term Ch. 15 Flashcards by lindsay McEwan

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calc/o, calci/o

A

calcium

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kyph/o

A

humpback, hunchback (thoracic curve)

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lamin/o

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lamina

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lord/o

A

curve, swayback (lumbar curve)

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lumb/o

A

loins, lower back

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myel/o

A

bone marrow

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orth/o

A

straight

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oste/o

A

bone

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scoli/o

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crooked, bent (lateral curve)

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spondyl/o

A

vertebra

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vertebr/o

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vertebra

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-blast

A

embryonic or immature cell

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-clast

A

to break

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-listhesis

A

slipping

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-malacia

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softening

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-physis

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to grow

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-porosis

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pore, passage

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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acetabul/o

A

acetabulum (hip socket)

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calcane/o

A

calcaneus (heel)

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carp/o

A

carpals (wrist bones)

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clavicul/o

A

clavicle (collar bone)

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cost/o

A

ribs

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crani/o

A

cranium

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femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

ischi/o

ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

malleol/o

malleous (process of each side of ankle)

mandibul/o

mandible (lower jaw)

maxill/o

maxilla (upper jaw)

metacarp/o

metacarpals (hand bones)

metatars/o

metatarsals (foot bones)

olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

patell/o

patella

pelv/i

pelvis

perone/o

fibula

phalang/o

phalanges (finger/toe bones)

pub/o

pubis (anterior part of pelvic bone)

radi/o

radius

scapul/o

scapula

stern/o

sternum

tars/o

tarsals (bones of hindfoot)

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)

uln/o

ulna

ankyl/o

stiff

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

chondr/o

cartilage

ligament/o

ligament

rheumat/o

watery flow

synov/o

synovial membrane

ten/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

-desis

to bind, tie together

-stenosis

narrowing

fasci/o

fascia

fibr/o

fibrous connective tissue

leiomy/o

smooth muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

my/o

muscle

myocardi/o

heart muscle

myos/o

muscle

plant/o

sole of the foot

rhabdomy/o

skeletal muscle connected to bones

-asthenia

lack of strength

-trophy

development, nourishment

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

dorsi-

back

poly-

many, much