Unit 5: Muscles, Bones, and Joints Flashcards
1
Q
acromi/o
A
acromion process (shoulder)
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
calcane/o
A
heel bone
4
Q
carp/o
A
carpal bone (wrist)
5
Q
cervic/o
A
cervical, neck
6
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
7
Q
clavicul/o, cleid/o
A
clavical
8
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tail bone)
9
Q
condly/o
A
condyle
10
Q
cost/o
A
rip
11
Q
crani/o
A
skull
12
Q
dent/o
A
tooth
13
Q
disk/o
A
disk
14
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
15
Q
femor/o
A
femur
16
Q
humer/o
A
humerus
17
Q
ischi/o
A
ischium
18
Q
kinesi/o
A
movement
19
Q
kyph/o
A
humpback
20
Q
lamin/o
A
lamina
21
Q
lord/o
A
swayback
22
Q
malac/o
A
softening
23
Q
my/o
A
muscle
24
Q
odont/o
A
teeth
25
orth/o
straight
26
oste/o
bone
27
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvic
28
phalang/o
phalanges
29
por/o
porous
30
pub/o
pubis
31
radi/o
radius
32
rheumat/o
rheumatism
33
sacr/o
sacrum
34
scoli/o
crooked
35
skelet/o
skeleton
36
spondyl/o
spine
37
stern/o
sternum
38
ten/o, tendon/o. tendin/o
tendon
39
thorac/o
thorax
40
tibi/o
tibia
41
uln/o
unla
42
xiph/o
xiphoid process
43
a-, an-
without
44
de-
down from, less than
45
dys-
difficulty, painful
46
epi-
upon
47
inter-
between
48
meta-
beyond
49
peri-
around, near
50
supra-
above or on the topside
51
-ar, -al, -ic (adjective endings)
pertaining to
52
-centesis
surgical puncture to remove fluid
53
-ist
specialist
54
-meter
measuring instrument
55
-metry
process of measuring
56
-oid
resembling, like
57
-plasia
development
58
-plasty
surgical repair
59
-plegia
paralysis
60
-scope
instrument for viewing
61
-scopy
process of examination with a scope
62
-taxia
condition of internal organization or arrangement
