Chap 4 vet science vocab

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer portion

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina, part of vertebra

lord/o

bent backwards

lumb/o

low back, loin

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner portion

metacarp/o

metacarpals

metatars/o

metatarsals

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest

ped/o

child, foot

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius, ray (x-ray)

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh (muscular substance)

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum

synovi/o

synovial membrane

synov/o

synovial membrane

tars/o

ankle

thorac/o

chest

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna

vertebr/o

vertebra

cutane/o

skin

erythr/o

red

path/o

disease

system/o

system

-blast

immature, embryonic

-clasia

to surgically break

-desis

stabilize, fuse

-listhesis

slipping

-logic

pertaining to study of

-porosis

porous

-ac

pertaining to

-al

pertaining to

-algia

pain

-ar

pertaining to

-ary

pertaining to

-centesis

puncture to withdraw fluid

-eal

pertaining to

-ectomy

surgical removal

-genic

producing

-gram

record

-graphy

process of recording

-iatry

medical treatment

-ic

pertaining to

-itis

inflammation

-logy

study

-malacia

softening

-metry

process of measuring

-oma

tumor

-ory

pertaining to

-osis

abnormal condition

-otomy

cutting into

-ous

pertaining to

-pathy

disease

-plasty

surgical repair

-scope

instrument for viewing

-scopic

pertaining to visually examining

-scopy

process of visually examining

-stenosis

narrowing

-tic

pertaining to

-tome

instrument used to cut

anti-

against

bi-

two

ex-

external, outward

inter-

between

intra-

inside

per-

through

sub-

below,under

duct/o

to bring