Chapter 15 flashcards

acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

ankyl/o

stiff

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

bursa

calc/o

Calcium

calcane/o

heel

calci/o

calcium

carp/o

carpals

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle (collar bone)

coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium

fasci/o

fascia

femor/o

femur

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

humpback

lamin/o

lamina

leiomy/o

smooth muscle

ligament/o

ligament

lord/o

curve

lumb/o

lower back

malleol/o

malleolus

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

metacarp/o

metacarpals

metatars/o

metatarsals

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

myocardi/o

heart muscle

myos/o

muscle

olecran/o

olecranon (elbow)

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella (kneecap)

ped/o

child

pelv/i

pelvis

perone/o

fibula

phalang/o

phalanges

plant/o

sole of foot

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius

rhabdomy/o

skeletal

rheumat/o

watery flow

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

synov/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

ankle

ten/o

tendon

tendin/o

tendon

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

-algia

pain

-asthenia

lack of strength

-blast

immature cell

-clast

to break

-desis

to bind

-emia

blood condition

-listhesis

slipping

-malacia

softening

-penia

deficiency

-physis

growth

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

pore, passage

-stenosis

narrowing

-tome

instrument to cut

-trophy

development

a-, an-

without

ab-

away from

ad-

toward

dia-

through

dorsi-

back

epi-

above

exo-

outside

hyper-

excessive

meta-

change

peri-

around

poly-

many, much

sub-

under

supra-

above

sym-

together

ACL

anterior cruciate ligament

BKA

below knee amputation

c1-c7

cervical vertebrae

CTS

carpal tunnel syndrome

EMG

electromyogram

IM

intramuscular

l1-l5

lumbar vertebrae