Skeletal System - Word Parts Flashcards
1
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow; spinal cord
2
Q
oste/o
A
bone
3
Q
osse/o
A
bone
4
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
5
Q
crani/o
A
skull
6
Q
faci/o
A
face
7
Q
mandibul/o
A
mandible; lower jaw
8
Q
tempor/o
A
temporal bone
9
Q
maxill/o
A
maxilla; upper jaw
10
Q
cost/o
A
rib
11
Q
stern/o
A
sternum
12
Q
xiph/o
A
sword
13
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
14
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx; tailbone
15
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back; loins
16
Q
sacr/o
A
sacrum
17
Q
spondyl/o
A
vertebra
18
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
19
Q
vertebr/o
A
vertebra
20
Q
clavicul/o
A
clavicle; collarbone
21
Q
scapul/o
A
scapula
22
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
23
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
24
Q
olecran/o
A
olecranon (elbow)
25
phalang/o
phalanx
26
radi/o
radius
27
uln/o
ulna
28
acetabul/o
acetabulum; hip socket
29
ili/o
hip
30
pelv/i
pelvis
31
pelv/o
pelvis
32
calcne/o
heel
33
femor/o
femur; thigh bone
34
fibul/o
fibula
35
patell/a
patella; kneecap
36
patell/o
patella; kneecap
37
tibi/o
tibia; shin
38
arthr/o
joint
39
articul/o
joint
40
burs/o
bursa
41
-blast
immature
42
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid; aspiration
43
-clasis
surgical fracture or refracture
44
-clast
breakdown
45
-desis
surgical fusion; surgical binding
46
-genesis
formation
47
-malacia
softening
48
-osis
abnormal condition
49
lord/o
sway back
50
scoli/o
curved
51
-physis
to grow
52
-porosis
porous
53
-sarcoma
malignant tumor of connective tissue
54
ortho-
straight
