Names of Bones Flashcards
1
Q
Skelet/o
A
skeleton
2
Q
Crani/o
A
cranium (portion of the skull that encloses the brain)
3
Q
Maxill/o
A
maxilla
4
Q
Mandibul/o
A
mandible
5
Q
Vertebr/o
A
vertebra, back bone
6
Q
Spondyl/o
A
vertebra
7
Q
Cervic/o
A
neck, cervical
8
Q
Thorac/o
A
thorax
9
Q
Lumb/o
A
loin, lumbar
10
Q
Sacr/o
A
sacrum bone, sacred
11
Q
Coccyg/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
12
Q
Coccy/o
A
coccyx, tailbone
13
Q
Cost/o
A
rib
14
Q
Stern/o
A
sternum, breastbone
15
Q
Xiph/o
A
xiphoid process, sword-like
16
Q
Scapul/o
A
scapula, shoulder blade
17
Q
Om/o
A
shoulder
18
Q
Calvicul/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
19
Q
Clavic/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
20
Q
Cleid/o
A
clavicle, collar bone
21
Q
Humer/o
A
humerus
22
Q
Radi/o
A
radius, ray, radioactive
23
Q
Uln/o
A
ulna
24
Q
Carp/o
A
wrist, carpal bone(s)
25
Metacarp/o
metacarpal bone(s)
26
Phalang/o
phalanx
27
Dactyl/o
finger
28
ili/o
ilium bone
29
ischi/o
ischium bone
30
Pub/o
pubic bone, adult, puberty
31
Femor/o
femur bone, thigh
32
Patell/o
patella bone
33
Gony/o
knee
34
Tibi/o
tibia bone
35
Cnem/o
leg
36
Fibul/o
fibula bone
37
Perone/o
fibula bone
38
Astragal/o
talus bone
39
Tal/o
talus bone, ankle
40
Calcane/o
calcaneus bone
41
Ptern/o
heel
42
Scaph/o
scaphoid, shaped like the hull of a boat
43
Metatars/o
metatarsus bone
