1
Q
Acetabul/o
A
acetabulum, hip socket
2
Q
Articul/o
A
joint
3
Q
Burs/o
A
bursa
4
Q
Calci/o, calc/o
A
calcium
5
Q
Coccyg/o
A
tailbone, coccyx
6
Q
Ligament/o
A
ligament
7
Q
Malleol/o
A
malleolus, process on each side of ankle
8
Q
Mandibul/o
A
mandible, lower jawbone
9
Q
Maxill/o
A
maxilla, upper jawbone
10
Q
Myocardi/o
A
heart muscle
11
Q
Myos/o
A
heart muscle
12
Q
Olecran/o
A
olecranon, elbow
13
Q
Plant/o
A
sole of foot
14
Q
Rheumat/o
A
water flow
15
Q
Sacr/o
A
sacrum
16
Q
Sarc/o
A
muscle and flesh
17
Q
Scapul/o
A
scapula, shoulder blade
18
Q
Spin/o
A
spine, backbone
19
Q
Tars/o
A
bones of mid and hind foot tarsals
20
Q
Uln/o
A
ulna (forearm bone)
21
Q
-fusion
A
coming together, to pour
22
Q
Leiomy/o
A
smooth (visceral) muscle
23
Q
Rhabd/o
A
rod shaped (striated)
24
Q
Rhabdomy/o
A
rod shaped (striated) muscle
25
Brachi/o
arm
26
Carp/o
carpus (wrist bone)
27
Cephal/o
head
28
Cervic/o
neck, neck of uterus
29
Clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bone)
30
Cost/o
ribs
31
Crani/o
cranium (skull)
32
Dactyl/o
fingers, toes
33
Humer/o
humerus (upper arm)
34
Metacarp/p
metacarpals (hand bones)
35
Phalang/o
phalanges (finger & toe bones)
36
Radi/o
radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
37
Spondyl/o
vertebrae
38
Vertebr/o
vertebrae
39
Stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
40
Thorac/o
chest
41
Calcane/o
calcaneus (heel)
42
Femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
43
Fibul/o
fibula (smaller lower leg bone)
44
Ili/o
ilium (part of hip bone)
45
Ischi/o
ischium (lower portion of hip bone)
46
Lumb/o
Loins (lower back)
47
Metatars/o
metatarsus (foot bones)
48
Patell/o
patella (kneecap)
49
Pelv/I, pelv/o
pelvis
50
Pod/o
foot
51
Pub/o
pubis (front of pelvic bone)
52
Tibi/o
tibia (larger lower leg bone)
53
Ankyl/o
stiffness, bent, crooked
54
Arthr/o
joint
55
Chondr/o
cartilage
56
-listhesis
slipping
57
Fasci/o
band, fascia (fibrous membrane)
58
Fibr/o
fiber, fibrous tissue
59
Kyph/o
humpback
60
Lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
61
Lord/o
curve, swayback
62
Myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
63
Orth/o
straight
64
Oste/o
bone
65
Ped/o, ped/i
foot
66
Scoli/o
crooked, bent
67
Synov/o
synovial membrane/fluid
68
Ten/o
tendon
69
Tend/o
tendon
70
Tendin/o
Tendon
71
-asthenia
weakness, debility
72
-clasia
to break, surgical fracture
73
-clast
to break , surgical fracture
74
-desis
binding, fixation (of bone or joint)
75
-malacia
softening
76
-porosis
porous
77
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
78
a-
without, not
79
Syn-
union, joined, together
80
dys-
bad, painful, difficult
81
Cladication
lameness, limping
82
Crepitation
dry, grating sound or sensation caused by bone ends rubbing together indicated a fracture
83
Contracture
fibrosis of connective tissue in skin, fascia, muscle, or joint
prevents normal mobility in the tissue/joint
84
Osteomyelitis
inflammation of bone/bone marrow
85
86
Osteoporosis
loss of calcium and bone tissue causing bones to be brittle and easily fractured
Medical Terminology
flashcards
Decks in class (15)
# Cards
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Prefixes57
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Suffixes40
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Body System58
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Integumentary System37
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Digestive System71
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Respiratory System46
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Cardiovascular System39
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Blood Lymph Immune System38
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Musculoskeletal System86
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Urinary System31
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Female Reproductive System42
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Male Reproductive System45
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Endocrine System66
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Nervous System51
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Special Senses60
