ch 15 terms

  1. calc/o
    calcium
  2. calci/o
    calcium
  3. kyph/o
    humpback, hunchback
  4. lamin/o
    lamina
  5. lord/o
    curve, swayback
  6. lumb/o
    loins, lowerback
  7. myel/o
    bone marrow
  8. orth/o
    straight
  9. oste/o
    bone
  10. scoli/o
    crooked, bent
  11. spondyl/o
    vertebra
  12. vertebr/o
    vertebra
  13. -blast
    embryonic or immature cell
  14. -clast
    to break
  15. -listhesis
    slipping
  16. -malacia
    softening
  17. -physis
    to grow
  18. -porosis
    pore, passage
  19. -tome
    intrument to cut
  20. acetabul/o
    acetabulum (hip socket)
  21. calcane/o
    calcaneus (heel)
  22. carp/o
    carpals (wrist bones)
  23. clavicul/o
    clavicle (collar bone)
  24. cost/o
    ribs (true, false, floating)
  25. crani/o
    cranium (skull)
  26. femor/o
    femur (thigh bone)
  27. fibul/o
    fibula
  28. humer/o
    humerus (upper arm bone)
  29. ili/o
    ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
  30. ischi/o
    ischium (posterior pelvic bone)
  31. malleol/o
    malleolus (side of ankle)
  32. mandibul/o
    mandible (lower jaw bone)
  33. maxill/o
    maxilla (upper jaw bone)
  34. metacarp/o
    metacarpals (hand)
  35. metatars/o
    metatarsals (foot)
  36. olecran/o
    olecranon (elbow)
  37. patell/o
    patella
  38. pelv/i
    pelvis
  39. perone/o
    fibula
  40. phalang/o
    phalanges
  41. pub/o
    pubis
  42. radi/o
    radius
  43. scapul/o
    scapula
  44. stern/o
    sternum
  45. tars/o
    tarsals
  46. tibi/o
    tibia
  47. uln/o
    ulna
  48. ankyl/o
    stiff
  49. arthr/o
    joint
  50. articul/o
    joint
  51. burs/o
    bursa
  52. chondr/o
    cartilage
  53. ligament/o
    ligament
  54. rheumat/o
    watery flow
  55. synov/o
    synovial membrane
  56. ten/o
    tendon
  57. tendin/o
    tendon
  58. -desis
    to bind, tie together
  59. -stenosis
    narrowing
  60. fasci/o
    fascia
  61. fibr/o
    fibrous connective tissue
  62. leiomy/o
    smooth muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
  63. my/o
    muscle
  64. myocardi/o
    heart muscle
  65. myos/o
    muscle
  66. plant/o
    sole of the foot
  67. rhabdomy/o
    skeletal muscle connected to bones
  68. -asthenia
    lack of strength
  69. -trophy
    development, nourishment
  70. ab-
    away from
  71. ad-
    toward
  72. dorsi-
    back
  73. poly-
    many, much
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ch 15 terms
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bones,joints,muscles
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