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Chapter 15 Words
Medical Terminology with Ted at Early College High School
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By: Matthew Kinlow
Created: 2012-04-17
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calc/o
calcium
calci/o
calcium
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback
lamin/o
lamina
lord/o
curve, swayback
lumb/o
loins, lower back
myel/o
bone marrow
orth/o
straight
oste/o
bone
scoli/o
crooked, bent
spondyl/o
vertebra
vertebr/o
vertevra
-blast
embryonic or immature cell
-clast
to break
-listhesis
slipping
malacia
softening
-physis
to grow
-porosis
Pore, Passage
-tome
instrument to cut
acetabul/o
acetabulum
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel)
carp/o
wrist bones
Clavicul/o
Clavicle (Collar Bone)
cost/o
rips
crani/o
cranium
femor/o
femur
fibul/o
fibula
humer/o
humerus
ili/o
ilium
ischi/o
ischium
malleol/o
malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)
mandibul/o
mandible, lower jaw
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jawbone)
Metacarp/o
Metacarpals (Hand Bones)
Metatars/o
Metatarsals (Foot Bones)
olecran/o
olecranon, elbow
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
pelv/i
pelvis
perone/o
fibula
phalang/o
phalanges
Pub/o
Pubis (Anterior part of the pelvic bone)
radi/o
radius
scapul/o
scapula
stern/o
sternum
tars/o
tarsals
tibi/o
tibia
uln/o
ulna
ankyl/o
stiff
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
burs/o
bursa
chondr/o
cartilage
ligament/o
ligament
rheumat/o
watery flow
synov/o
synovial membrane
ten/o
tendon
tendin/o
tendon
-desis
to bind, tie together
stenosis
narrowing
flexion
decreases the angle of a joint, bending a limb
What is extension?
Increase in the angle of a joint, straightening out a limb
abduction
movement away from the midline of the body
adduction
movement towards midline of the body
rotation
circular movement around an axis (internal rotation is towards the midline and external rotation is away from the midline)
dorsiflexion
bending foot upward
plantar flexion
point toes down
Supination
The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward and upward
pronation
turning the hand so the palm is downward
fasci/o
fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)
fibr/o
fibrous connective tissue
leiomy/o
smooth muscle
my/o
muscle
myocardi/o
heart muscle
myos/o
muscle
plant/o
sole of the foot
rhaddomy/o
skeletal muscle connected to bone
sarc/o
muscle; flesh
-asthenia
lack of strength
-trophy
development, nourishment
ab-
away from
ad-
toward
dorsi-
back
poly-
many, much
About this deck
By: Matthew Kinlow
Created: 2012-04-17
Size: 85 flashcards
Views: 2
Created: 2012-04-17
Size: 85 flashcards
Views: 2
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