Language of Medicine Chapter 15 Skeletal System (terms)
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allisonc444 on November 16, 2010
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medical terminology, language of medicine, musculoskeletal system, skeletal system, muscular system
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Serbian | English |
|---|---|
| calc/o, calci/o |  calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lord/o | curve, swayback |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| oste/o | bone |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| acetabul/o | hip socket |
| calcane/o | heel |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| clavicul/o | collar bone |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | smaller lower leg bone |
| humer/o | upper arm bone |
| ili/o | upper part of pelvic bone |
| ischi/o | posterior part of pelvic bone |
| malleol/o | process on each side of ankle |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw bone |
| maxill/o | upper jaw bone |
| metacarp/o | hand bones |
| metatars/o | foot bones |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| patell/o | kneecap |
| pelv/i | hipbone |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | finger bones |
| pub/o | anterior part of pelvis |
| radi/ | forearm bone (thumb side) |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| stern/o | breast bone |
| tars/o | bones of hindfoot |
| tibi/o | shin bone |
| uln/o | forearm bone (little finger side) |
| -blast | embryonic |
| -clast | to break |
| -listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -physis | to grow |
| -porosis | pore |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
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