Chapter 15 Terminology Bones

calc/o calci/o

calcium

kyph/o

humpback, hunchback

lamin/o

lamina

lord/o

curve, swayback

lumb/o

loins, lower back

myel/o 

bone marrow 

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

scoli/o

crooked, bent

spondyl/o (for conditions of structure)

vertebra 

vertebr/o (to describe structure itself)

vertebra 1

-blast

embryonic or immature cell

-clast

to break

-listhesis 

slipping 

-malacia

softening

-physis

to grow

-porosis

pore, passage

-tome 

instrument to cut 

acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

calcane/o

calcaneus

carp/o

carpals

clavicul/o 

clavicle 

cost/o

ribs

crani/o

cranium

femor/o

femur

fibul/o 

fibula 

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

malleol/o 

malleolus 

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

metacarp/o

metacarpals

metatars/o 

metatarsals 

olecran/o

olecranon

patell/o

patella

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o 

phalanges 

pub/o 

pubis 

radi/o

radius

scapul/o

scapula

stern/o

sternum tar

tars/o 

tarsals 

tibi/o

tibia

uln/o

ulna