Prefix / Suffix / Bones
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47 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 calc/o | calcium |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| blast | immature cell |
| clast | to break |
| listhesis | slipping |
| malacia | softening |
| physis | to grow |
| porosis | pore |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| calcane/o | heel |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| clavicul/o | collar bone |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| humer/o | upper arm bone |
| ili/o | upper part of pelvic bone |
| ili/o | upper part of pelvic bone |
| ischi/o | posterior part of pelvic bone |
| malleol/o | process on each side of the 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 and toe bones |
| pub/o | anterior part of the pelvic bone |
| radi/o | lower arm bone |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| stern/o | breastbone |
| tars/o | bones of the hindfoot |
| tibi/o | shin bone |
| uln/o | lower arm bone |
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