Skeletal System- Word parts Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
Q
orth/o
A
straight
2
Q
oste/o
A
bone
3
Q
ped/o
A
foot; child
4
Q
pod/o
A
foot
5
Q
pyret/o
A
fever
6
Q
rachi/o
A
spine/vetebra
7
Q
rhemat/o
A
watery flow
8
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum/flesh;connective tissue
9
Q
scoli/o
A
crooked;bent
10
Q
spondyl/o
A
vetebra; backbone
11
Q
ster/o
A
solid struction; steriod
12
Q
synovi/o
A
lubricatin fluid of joints
13
Q
tars/o
A
ankle
14
Q
ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o
A
tendon
15
Q
-ation
A
process; condition
16
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture to remove fluid
17
Q
-desis
A
to bind; tie together
18
Q
-ectomy
A
surgical removal; excision
19
Q
-itis
A
inflammation
20
Q
-malacia
A
softening
21
Q
-oid
A
like; resembling
22
Q
-oma
A
tumor; mass
23
Q
-osis
A
abnormal condition
24
Q
-penia
A
deficiency
25
-plasty
surgical repair
26
-porosis
abnormal condition of small holes
27
-scope
instrument used to view
28
-scopy
visual examination using a scope
29
-tomy
process of cutting; incision
30
a-, an-
not; without
31
anti-
against
32
inter-
between
33
meta-
change; beyond
34
non-
not
35
peri-
around; surrounding
36
sub-
below; under
37
supra-
above
38
syn-
together; with
39
-al, -ic
pertaining to
40
-algia
pain
