Ch3_Medical_Terminology_Part1_Overview_&_Word Parts

• Combining Forms:
• .....oss/e
• .....oss/i
• .....oste/o
• .....ost/o

• Primary Functions:
• .....1. Framework for the body.
• .....2. Support & protect internal organs.
• .....3. Form some blood cells in red marrow.
• .....4. Store minerals - calcium.

• Combining Form:
• .....myel/o (also means spinal cord so know context)

• Primary Functions:
• .....Red bone marrow - hemopoetic tissue - manufactures blood cells:
• ..........1. Red blood cells
• ..........2. Hemoglobin
• ..........3. White blood cells
• ..........4. Thrombocytes
• .....Yellow bone marrow - fat storage area

• Combining Form:
• .....chrondr/o

• Primary Function:
• .....1. Creates a smooth surface for motion within the joints.
• .....2. Protects the ends of the bones.
• .....3. Makes up flexible parts of the skeleton such as ears & nose.

• Combining Form:
• .....arthr/o

• Primary Functions:
• .....Work in conjunction with muscles, ligaments, and tendons to make possible wide variety of body movements.

• Combining Form:
• .....ligament/o

• Primary Function:
• .....Connect one bone to another (bone-to-bone)

• Combining Forms: (note: same as synovial fluid)
• .....synovi/o
• .....synov/o

• Primary Functions:
• .....1. Forms lining of synovial joints.
• .....2. Secretes synovial fluid.

• Combining Forms: (note: same as synovial membrane)
• .....synovi/o
• .....synov/o

• Primary Function:
• .....Lubricant that makes smooth joint movements possible.

• Combining Form:
• .....burs/o

• Primary Function:
• .....Cushions areas subject to friction during movement.

Combining form meaning crooked, bent, or stiff.

Combining form meaning joint.

Combining form meaning cartilage.

Combining form meaning rib.

Combining form meaning skull.

Suffix meaning surgical fixation of a bone or joint.

Combining form meaning hump.

Combining form meaning bent backward.

-Suffix meaning breaking down or destruction. Defined in Podcast as surgical loosening. I thought another common meaning was surgical release.

Important Note: It may mean either a pathologic state or a therapeutic procedure.

Combining form meaning bone marrow or spinal cord.

Combining form meaning bone.

See also: oss/i, ost/o, and oste/o

Combining form meaning bone.

See also: oss/e, ost/o, and oste/o

Combining form meaning bone.

See also: oss/e, oss/i, and oste/o

Combining form meaning bone.

See also: oss/e, oss/i, and ost/o

Combining form meaning curved (sideways.)

Combining form meaning vertebrae.

Combining form meaning synovial membrane.

See also synovi/o

Combining form meaning synovial fluid or synovial membrane.

See also synov/o

Suffix indicating a noun ending.

Prefix meaning surrounding.

Prefix meaning within.

Combining form meaning blood.

Suffix meaning pertaining to formation.

Suffix meaning pertaining to.

Combining form meaning scapula or shoulder blade.

Combining form meaning clavicle or collar bone.

See also cleid/o.

Combining form meaning acromion or point of shoulder blade.

Combining form meaning sacrum.

Combining form meaning ilium.

Suffix meaning pertaining to.

suffix meaning disease.

Combining form meaning foot.

Suffix meaning specialist.

Suffix meaning abnormal condition (or disease.)

Suffix meaning abnormal hardening.

Suffix meaning inflammation.

Suffix meaning abnormal softening.

Deviation from what is regarded as normal.

Note: missed on test 2.

• 1. Also known as contagious disease.
• 2. Any condition that is transmitted from one person to another either by direct or indirect contact with contaminated objects.

Note: See card to compare to infectious disease missed on test 2.

An illness caused by a living pathogenic organism such as bacteria and viruses.

• Note: missed on test 2 - compare to communicable or contagious disease.

Suffix meaning tumor.

Combining form meaning lumbar (region of the spine), lower back, or loin.

Suffix meaning diseased condition.

Suffix meaning slipping.

Suffix meaning visual examination.

Suffix mening surgical repair.

Combining form referring to the bursa, the fluid filled sac near joints.

Suffix meaning surgical removal.

Combining form meaning vertebra.

Combining form referring to the lamina (of a vertebra.)

Suffix meaning to break. Podcast said surgical breaking.

Suffix meaning surgical suturing.

Suffix meaning surgical incision.

Prefix meaning surrounding.

Pertaining to great toe.

Bent.

Meaning originating within another, as a transplant or graft.

Other, different from normal, reversal

Creation; reproduction.

meaning originating from within an individual.

Self.

Suffix meaning value or structure, or ratio.