skeleton Flashcards
1
Q
cephal/o
A
head
2
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
3
Q
calcane/o
A
heel bone
4
Q
cubit/o
A
elbow
5
Q
carp/o
A
wrist bone
6
Q
cost/o
A
ribs
7
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, skull
8
Q
dactyl/o
A
digits (fingers, toes)
9
Q
faci/o
A
face, form
10
Q
femor/o
A
thigh bone
11
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
12
Q
hy/o
A
hyoid
13
Q
humer/o
A
upper arm bone
14
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina of the vertebra
15
Q
lumb/o
A
lower back
16
Q
mandibul/o
A
lower jaw
17
Q
odont/o
dent/o
A
tooth
18
Q
oste/o
A
bone
19
Q
patell/o
A
kneecap
20
Q
phalang/o
phalange/o
A
phalanges (bones of the fingers & toes)
21
Q
pub/o
A
pubis, pubic
22
Q
ped/o
A
child, foot
23
Q
radi/o
A
radius or x-ray
24
Q
rachi/o
A
vertebrae
25
sacr/o
sacrum
26
spondyl/o
vertebrae, spine
27
thorac/o
chest
28
tars/o
ankle bone (end of eyelid)
29
tibi/o
shin bone
30
uln/o
medical lower arm bone
31
vertebr/o
backbone
32
ambul/o
| ambulat/o
walk
33
amb/i
both
34
ankyl/o
created
35
arthr/o articul/o
joint
36
burs/o
bursa (sack of fluid by joint)
37
calc/o
| calci-
calciam
38
caud/o
tail
39
chondr/o
cartilage
40
cry/o
cold
41
dextr/o
preforming tasks with hands
42
dist/o
far
43
encephal/o
brain
44
fontan/o
fontanel (soft spot in infants head)
45
kinesi/o
movement
46
menisc/o
meniscus (cartilage between joints)
47
meningi/o mening/o
meninges (protective layer around the brain)
48
-asthenia
weakness
49
-blast
build
50
-clast
destroy
51
-desis
fixation
52
-pexy
surgical fixation
53
-phobia
fear
54
-physis
grow
55
-plegia
paralysis
56
-poiesis
formation
57
-rrhexis
rupure, tear
58
-taxia
coordination
59
-therapy
treatment
60
meter/o -meter
measure
61
myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
62
my/o muscul/o
muscle
63
orth/o
teeth
64
-gram
a record or picture
65
-graphy
process of recording
