unit 5 - word parts Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
Q
ankyl/o
A
bent, crooked, stiff
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
brach/i
A
arm
4
Q
burs/o
A
fluid filled sac near a joint
5
Q
calcane/o
A
heel
6
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
7
Q
-cele
A
hernia, swelling tumor
8
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
9
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
10
Q
-clasia
A
breaking, crushing
11
Q
coccyx
A
tailbone
12
Q
cost/o
A
rib
13
Q
crani/o
A
head, skull
14
Q
dactyl/o
A
finger
15
Q
dys-
A
bad, painful, difficult
16
Q
-ectomy
A
removal
17
Q
fasci/o
A
fascia
18
Q
femor/o
A
femur
19
Q
kines-
kinesi/o
A
movement, motion
20
Q
lumb/o
A
lumbar
21
Q
metacarp/o
A
bones of the hand
22
Q
my/o
myos/o
muscul/o
A
muscle
23
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
24
Q
ost-
oste/o
A
bone
25
-paresis
slight paralysis, partial
26
patell/o
patella, kneecap
27
-plegia
paralysis
28
-physis
growth
29
radi/o
radius bone or radiation
30
spondyl/o
vertebra
31
stern/o
sternum, breastbone
32
tars/o
ankle
33
tax/o
arrangement, order, coordination
34
thora-
thorac/o
chest
35
tibi/o
tibia
36
ten/o
tend/o
tendin/o
tendon
37
ton/o
tone, tension, stretching
38
-trophy
nourishment
39
vertebr/o
backbone
