Skeletal System Word Parts Flashcards
(70 cards)
1
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acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
2
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ankyl/o
A
crooked; bent; stiff; fused to
3
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arthr/o
A
joint
4
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articul/o
A
joint
5
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burs/o
A
bursa (sac of fluid near joints)
6
Q
calc/o, calci/o
A
calcium
7
Q
calcane/o
A
calcaneus (heel bone)
8
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bones (carpals)
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage (connective tissue)
10
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle (collar bone)
11
Q
cost/o
A
rib
12
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crani/o
A
skull (cranium)
13
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia (membrane supporting
muscles)
14
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femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
15
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber
16
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fibul/o
A
fibula (thinner lower leg bone)
17
Q
humer/o
A
humerus (upper arm bone)
18
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ili/o
A
ilium (large, heart-halves shaped bones part of pelvis (hip))
19
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back; back
20
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kyph/o
A
humpback
21
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lamin/o
A
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
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leiomy/o
A
smooth (visceral) muscle
23
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ligament/o
A
ligament (connects bone to bone)
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Q
lord/o
A
curve; swayback
25
lumb/o
lower back; loin
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malleol/o
malleolus (round bones on either side of ankles)
27
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
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maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
29
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones) (under phalanges)
30
metatars/o
metatarsals (foot bones)
31
my/o
muscle
32
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
33
myocardi/o
myocardium (heart muscle)
34
myos/o
muscle
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olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
36
orth/o
straight
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oste/o
bone
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patell/o
patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i
pelvis; hip region
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perone/o
fibula (thinner lower leg bone)
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phalang/o
phalanges (of fingers and toes)
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plant/o
sole of the foot
43
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
44
rheumat/o
watery flow
45
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
46
scapul/o
scapula; shoulder blade
47
scoli/o
crooked; bent
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spondyl/o
vertebra (backbone)
49
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
50
synov/o
synovia; synovial membrane;
sheath around a tendon (protects tendons as they move)
51
tars/o
tarsus; hindfoot or ankle (7
bones between the foot and the
leg)
52
ten/o
tendon (connects muscles to bones)
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tendin/o
tendon (connects muscles to bones)
54
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone) (thicker lower leg bone)
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uln/o
ulna (middle lower arm bone) (connects to pinky)
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vertebr/o
vertebra (backbone)
57
-blast
embryonic; immature cell
58
-clast
to break
59
-malacia
softening
60
-physis
to grow
61
-porosis
condition of pores (spaces)
62
-tome
instrument to cut
63
-stenosis
tightening; stricture
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-trophy
nourshiment; development
65
ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
67
dorsi-
back
68
meta-
change; beyond
69
poly-
many; much
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-cyte
cell
