Medical terminology Unit 5

  1. Acromi/o
    acromion process
  2. arthro/o
    joint
  3. calcane/o
    hell bone
  4. carp/o
    carpal bone
  5. cervico
    cervical, neck
  6. chondr/o
    cartilage
  7. clavicul/o, cleid/o
    clavicle
  8. coccyg/o
    coccyx
  9. codyl/o
    condyle
  10. cost/o
    rib
  11. crani/o
    skull
  12. dent/o
    tooth
  13. disk/o
    disk
  14. fibul/o
    fibula
  15. femor/o
    femur
  16. humer/o
    humerus
  17. ischi/o
    ischium
  18. kinesio/o
    movement
  19. kypho
    hump back
  20. lamin/o
    lamina
  21. lord/o
    swayback
  22. lumb/o
    lumbar spine or region
  23. malao
    softening
  24. metacarp/o
    metacarpal bone
  25. muscul/o
    muscle
  26. my/o
    muscle
  27. odont/o
    teeth
  28. orth/o
    straight
  29. oste/o
    bone
  30. pelv/i, pelv/o
    pelvic
  31. phalang/o
    phalanges
  32. por/o
    porous
  33. pub/o
    pubis
  34. radi/o
    radius
  35. rheumat/o
    rhematism
  36. sacro
    sacrum
  37. scoli/o
    crooked
  38. skelet/o
    skeleton
  39. spondyl/o
    spine
  40. stern/o
    sternum
  41. ten/o, tendon/o, tendin/o
    tendon
  42. thorac/o
    thorax
  43. tibi/o
    tibia
  44. uln/o
    ulna
  45. xiph/o
    xiphoid process
  46. a-, an-
    without
  47. de-
    down from, less than
  48. dys-
    difficulty or painful
  49. epi-
    upon
  50. inter-
    between
  51. meta-
    beyond
  52. peri-
    around, near
  53. supra-
    above or on the topside
  54. -ar, al, ic
    adjective endings, pertaining to
  55. -centesis
    surgical puncture to remove fluid
  56. -ist
    specialist
  57. -meter
    instrument used to measure
  58. -metry
    process of measuring
  59. -oid
    resmebling, like
  60. -plasia
    development
  61. -plasty
    surgical repair
  62. -plegia
    paralysis
  63. -scope
    instrument for viewing
  64. -scopy
    process of examination with a scope
  65. -taxia
    condition of muscular coordination or muscular actions
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souimet05
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Medical terminology Unit 5
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Muscles, Bones, and joints
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