vocab 10

Question 1

-agra

Answer 1

sudden and severe pain

Question 2

-asthenia

Answer 2

absence of strength; weakness

Question 3

-clast

Answer 3

instrument used to break

Question 4

-desis

Answer 4

surgical immobilization; surgical fusion (if used with syn- ignore the prefix)
Ignore syn when used.

Question 5

-ferous

Answer 5

bearing; containing conn vowel i PRECEDES IT

Question 6

-paresis

Answer 6

slight paralysis

Question 7

-phylaxis

Answer 7

protection of (something) protection against (something) 
protection by means of (a substance or process)

Question 8

-phylactic

Answer 8

protective of (something) protective against (something)
protective by means of (a substance or process)
Both phylaxis/ic are used in 3 ways. Phylax: greek. Depends on context.

Question 9

-sthenia

Answer 9

strength

Question 10

ankyl-

Answer 10

CROOKED; BENT; stiff; fixed; fused; imperforated use crooked or bent first

Question 11

lei-

Answer 11

smooth

Question 12

rhabd-

Answer 12

rod; rod-shaped; skeletal; striated (when rhabd precedes my- it means skeletal/striated muscle. When other roots, it means a rod/rod shaped structure)

Question 13

skelet-

Answer 13

skeletal

Question 14

oste-
oss-
osse-

Answer 14

bone

Question 15

crani-

Answer 15

cranium; SKULL

Question 16

ethmoid-

Answer 16

ethmoid bone sieve-like greek

Question 17

front-

Answer 17

frontal bone; forehead bone

Question 18

mast-

mastoid-

Answer 18

mastoid process (process is outgrowth or projection of bone) 
Mastoid-	breast-like

Question 19

occipit-

Answer 19

occiput; occipital bone

Question 20

pariet-

Answer 20

parietal bone; any wall (in cavity or organ)

Question 21

sphen-

Answer 21

sphenoid bone; wedge shaped bone wedge-like greek

Question 22

tempor-

Answer 22

temporal bone; temple bone

Question 23

mal-
zygomat-
zygomatic-

Answer 23

cheek; cheek bone; malar bone; zygomatic bone

Question 24

mandibul-

Answer 24

mandible; LOWER JAW

Question 25

maxill-

Answer 25

maxilla: UPPER JAW

Question 26

coccyg-

Answer 26

coccyx: TAIL BONE greek cuckoo bird

Question 27

rachi- | spin-

Answer 27

spinal column; spine (after vowel, rachi becomes rrhachi) sometimes elides

Question 28

sacr-

Answer 28

sacrum; triangular pelvic bone

Question 29

spondyl- | vertebr-

Answer 29

vertebra (pl. vertebrae)

Question 30

acromi-

Answer 30

acromion: lateral projection of the shoulder blade tip of shoulder literally

Question 31

cleid- clavic- clavicul-

Answer 31

clavicle COLLAR BONE means key

Question 32

cost-

Answer 32

rib

Question 33

cox-

Answer 33

hip: hip joint

Question 34

ili-

Answer 34

ilium: UPPER PELVIC BONE

Question 35

ischi-

Answer 35

ischium: LOWER PELVIC BONE

Question 36

scapul-

Answer 36

scapula: SHOULDER BLADE

Question 37

stern-

Answer 37

sternum; BREAST BONE

Question 38

carp-

Answer 38

carpus; a carpal bone WRIST; WRIST BONE (either wrist joint itself or one or more of the bones which make up the wrist joint)

Question 39

humer-

Answer 39

humerus; UPPER ARM BONE

Question 40

metacarp-

Answer 40

metacarpus; metacarpal bone: bone radiating from the wrist to the fingers

Question 41

olecran-

Answer 41

olecranon; ELBOW head of the ulna

Question 42

phalang-

Answer 42

phalanx (pl. phalanges) FINGER BONE; TOE BONE | greek military formation. alexander

Question 43

radi-

Answer 43

radius; shorter of the lower arm bones

Question 44

uln-

Answer 44

ulna; longer of the lower arm bones

Question 45

acetabul-

Answer 45

acetabulum; HIP BONE SOCKET into which femur fits

Question 46

calcane-

Answer 46

calcaneus; HEEL BONE

Question 47

condyl-

Answer 47

condyle; knuckle (of finger or toe) | any rounded bone protuberance (which articulates from another bone)

Question 48

femor-

Answer 48

any rounded bone protuberance (which articulates from another bone) Femor- femur; THIGH BONE

Question 49

fibul-

Answer 49

fibula; smaller bone of the lower leg pin worn by romans

Question 50

malleol-

Answer 50

malleolus; ANKLE PROTUBERANCE little hammer in latin like in ear

Question 51

patell-

Answer 51

patella; KNEECAP

Question 52

tal-

Answer 52

talus; ANKLE BONE

Question 53

tars-

Answer 53

tarsus; a tarsal bone; ANKLE; ANKLE BONE (either joint itself or bone which makes up the joint, analogous to carpus)

Question 54

metatars-

Answer 54

metatarsus; metatarsal bone: bone radiating from the ankle to the toes

Question 55

tibi-

Answer 55

tibia: SHIN BONE: larger bone of lower leg latin flute carved from shin bone

Question 56

fasci-

Answer 56

fascia; connective tissue enclosing a muscle latin for bandaid.

Question 57

my- myos- muscul-

Answer 57

muscle (when specifying types of muscle use MY-) i.e. rhabdomy/leiomy/cardiomy

Question 58

pyg-

Answer 58

buttock

Question 59

arthr- | articul-

Answer 59

joint

Question 60

burs-

Answer 60

bursa; sack of synovial fluid

Question 61

chondr- cartilag- cartilagin-

Answer 61

cartilage greek root: imaginary illness too (hypochondriac/ium because of the spleen)

Question 62

desm- syndesm- ligament-

Answer 62

ligament greek and latin: to tie

Question 63

disk-

Answer 63

disk

Question 64

fibr- | fibros-

Answer 64

fibrous tissue

Question 65

synovi-

Answer 65

synovial fluid: fluid that lubricates a joint, synovial membrane

Question 66

ten- | tend-

Answer 66

tendon latin: to stretch