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Med Terms. Ch.6
Ch.6
Question | Answer |
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orth/o | straight |
olecran/o | elbow |
myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
metatars/o | foot bones |
metacarp/o | hand bones |
maxill/o | upper jaw |
mastoid/o | mastoid process |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
-malacia | softening |
malac/o | softening |
lumb/o | loins; lower back |
lord/p | swayback; bent |
lamin/o | lamina |
kyph/o | humpback; pertaining to a hump |
ischi/o | ischium |
ili/o | ilium |
humer/o | humerus |
gen/o | to produce |
fibul/o | fibula |
femor/o | femur |
crani/o | skull, cranium |
cost/o | ribs |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
clavicul/o | collarbone |
-clast, -clastic | to break |
carp/o | wrist |
calcane/o | heel bone |
calc/o , calc/i | calcium |
-blast, -blast/o | embryonic stage or development |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
vertebr/o | vertebra |
termpor/o | temples of the head |
tars/o | ankle bones |
stern/o | sternum |
sten/o | short, contacted, or narrow |
spondly/o | vertebra |
scoli/o | crooked, bent |
scapul/o | shoulder blade |
radi/o | radiation, also refers to the radius |
rach/i | spinal column |
pub/o | pubis |
-porosis | porous lessening in density |
por/o | cavity, opening, passage or pore |
-physis | growth, growing |
phalang/o | fingers, toes |
pelv/i | pelvis |
patell/o, patell/a | kneecap |
oste/o | bone |