Unit 5 Roots Flashcards
1
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agon
A
main actor; driver
2
Q
alges(ia)
analgesia
A
pain
3
Q
ankylos
A
stiff
4
Q
appendix
A
part attached to the end
5
Q
articul(us)
A
joint
6
Q
asthenia
A
weakness
7
Q
axi
A
axis
8
Q
blast
A
a rapidly dividing cell
9
Q
burs(a)
A
purse; bag
10
Q
carcin
A
cancer
11
Q
carp
A
wrist
12
Q
center
A
middle of round object
13
Q
cephal
A
pertaining to the head
14
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
15
Q
circum
A
around
16
Q
clast
A
breakdown
17
Q
clonus
A
violent shaking
18
Q
condyle
A
knob
19
Q
cost/o
A
rib
20
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cranio
A
head; skull
21
Q
crepit(us)
A
crackling noise
22
Q
cyt
A
cell
23
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dactyl
A
finger
24
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duct
A
to lead
25
effusion
pouring out of
26
electro
related to electrically
27
erg(on)
energy
28
exten(d)
moving away from
29
facet
(bottom of a focet is...)
flat spot, like on a jewel
30
fasci/o
(plantar faciitis)
bundle of fibers
31
femor
femur
thigh
32
fixate
remain in place
33
flex
reducing the angle of a joint
34
foramen
hole
35
fossa
shallow groove
36
fracture
broken bone
37
genu
knee
38
glen(e)
socket
39
gomph
tooth
40
graph
written record
41
hallux
big toe
42
hydr
water
43
inflammation
inflammation
44
kines
kinet
movement
45
kyphosis
hunchback curve of spine
46
lamella
thin plate
47
lemma
thin layer surrounding a cell
48
lordosis
swayback curve of spine
49
lumb/o
lower back
50
luxation
dislocation
51
meatus
tube; passage
52
medull(a)
marrow, center
53
membran(e)
thin sheet
54
mere
a part
55
metric
measurement
56
musculo
muscle
57
my
myo
myos
muscle
58
myel
marrow
59
neuro
nervous system
60
occipit(o)
back of the head
61
olisthes
slippage
62
os
osse
ost
bone
63
pector(is)
chest
64
pelvis
hips; lower abdomen
65
phalanges
fingers and toes
66
physis
part of a bone
67
plasm
something molded, plastic or dough
68
polariz(e)
to go to one extreme or another
69
pollux
thumb
70
por(e)
hole
71
prone
face down
72
pyre
fever
73
sarc
sarco
muscle; flesh
74
scoliosis
lateral curvature of the spine
75
scop
instrument for looking inside
76
skelet
skeleton; bones collectively
77
spasm
uncontrollable contraction
78
sphincter
muscle surrounding an opening
79
spin
spina
spine
spine; vertebrae
80
spondyl
spondylo
vertebrae
81
sprain
injury to ligament
82
sten
abnormal narrowing
83
sterno
sternum
sternum; breastbone
84
strain
injury to muscles or tendons
85
sulcus
groove
86
supine
face up
87
tars
tarso
tarsus
ankle
88
tax
moving
89
tempor
side of the head
90
thorac
thorax
chest
91
tibia
bone of the lower extremity below the knee
92
tomo
cutting
93
ton
tono
tone, strength
94
trochanter
point on femur where large leg muscles attach
95
trochlea
piece of bone that acts as a pulley
96
troph
nourishment, growth
97
tuber
potato-like raised area on bone
98
valgum
knees closer than normal
99
varum
knees farther apart than normal
100
vertebra
bone of spinal column
