Flashcards: Nitecki Quiz 12/17/2009
All 49 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 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 the vertebra |
| lord/o | loin |
| manibul/o | mandible |
| 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 |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o | radius |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| 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 |
| -blast | immature |
| -clasia | to sugrically break |
| -desis | stabilize, fuse |
| -porosis | porous |