Quiz 3 Word Elements
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97 terms
Portuguese | English |
|---|---|
 ankyl/o- | root: stiif, fused, closed |
| arthr/o- | root: joint |
| brachi/o- | root: arm |
| calcane/o- | root: calcaneus, heel bone |
| carp/o- | root: wrist |
| cheir/o- | root: hand |
| chondr/o- | root: cartilage |
| cost/o- | root: rib |
| crani/o- | root: cranium |
| dactyl/o- | root: finger, toe |
| electr/o- | root: electricity |
| femur/o- | root: femur, thigh bone |
| humer/o- | root: humerus, upper arm bone |
| kinesi/o- | root: movement |
| kyph/o- | root: hump |
| lord/o- | root: swayback, curve |
| lumb/o- | root: lower back |
| my/o- | root: muscle |
| muscul/o | root: muscle |
| myel/o- | root: bone marrow or spinal cord |
| orth/o- | root: correct, straight |
| oste/o- | root: bone |
| ped/o- | root: foot or child |
| pelv/o- | root: pelvis |
| phalang/o- | root: bones of fingers and toes |
| spondyl/o- | root: vertebrae |
| vertebr/o- | root: vertebrae |
| thorac/o- | root: thorax, chest |
| -algia | suffix: pain |
| -desis | suffix:: stabilize or fuse |
| -ectomy | suffix: removal of, excision of |
| -gram | suffix: written record of |
| -itis | suffix: inflammation of |
| -kinesia | suffix: movement |
| -logy | suffix: study of |
| -malacia | suffix: softening |
| -oma | suffix: tumor |
| -physis | suffix: to grow |
| -plasty | suffix: surgical repair |
| -porosis | suffix: porous |
| -scopy | suffix: to visually examine |
| fasci/o- | root: fibrous membrane (fascia) |
| fibr/o- | root: fiber |
| hemi- | prefix: half |
| kine- | prefix: movement |
| kinesi/o- | root: movement |
| ligament/o- | root: ligament |
| muscul/o- | root: muscle |
| my/o- | root: muscle |
| para- | prefix: beside, beyond, near |
| -paresis | suffix: partial or iincomplete paralysis |
| -plegia | suffix: paralysis |
| quadri- | prefix: four |
| sthen/o- | root: strength |
| tend/o | root: tendon |
| tendin/o- | root: tendon |
| ton/o- | root: tension (tone) |
| rhabd/o- | root: rod shaped, striated |
| lei/o- | root: smooth |
| fascicul/o | root: bundle of nerves |
| tend/o- | root: tendon |
| paret/o- | root: partial paralysis |
| pleg/o- | root: paralysis |
| -asthenia | suffix: weakness |
| -esthesia | suffix: sensation, perception |
| spast/o- | root: spasm |
| -spasm | suffix: spasm |
| clon/o- | root: disordered |
| -trophic | suffix: nourishing |
| -tropic | suffix: turning |
| -topic | suffix: place |
| ossi- | root: bone |
| -fic | suffix: to make |
| zyg/o- | root: yoke |
| pariet/o- | root: sode |
| tempor/o- | root: temple ot time |
| Brachy- | prefix: short |
| gloss/o- | root: tongue |
| ili/o- | root: ilium |
| ischi/o- | root: ischium |
| pubi/o- | root: pubis |
| mes/o- | root: middle |
| mer/o- | root: part |
| rhachi/o- | root: spine |
| -duct | suffix: to lead, convey |
| vers/o- | root: to turn |
| -vert | suffix: to turn |
| flex- | prefix: to bend |
| -flex | suffix: to bend |
| Goni/o- | root: angle |
| -gon | suffix: angle |
| gon/o- | root: semen, genitals, generation |
| gonad/o- | root: semen, genitals, generation |
| Gony/o- | root: knee |
| phyt/o- | root: plant, that which grows |
| -phyte | suffix: plant, that which grows |
| Desm/o- | root: band, ligament |
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