Medical Terminology Ch8
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rebeccalutgen on March 18, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| appendicul/o | limb; small attached part |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heelbone) |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cartilagin/o | cartilage |
| cervic/o | neck/ cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| dactyl/o | finger or toe |
| diaphys/o | shaft of a bone |
| epiphys/o | growth area of the long bone |
| ethm/o | sieve |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| front/o | front |
| glen/o | socket of a joint |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hy/o | U-shaped structure |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium (hipbone) |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| mast/o | breast |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| nas/o | nose |
| occipit/o | occiput ? |
| osse/o | bone |
| ossificat/o | changing into bone |
| osteo | bone |
| palat/o | palate |
| pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
| patell/o | patella |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| perone/o | fivula |
| phalang/o | phalanx |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| skelet/o | skeleton |
| sphen/o | wedge shape |
| spin/o | spine |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| synovi/o | synovium |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tempor/o | temple |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| uln/o | ulna |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| xiph/o | sword |
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