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Skeletal Terminology
Term | Definition |
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Arthr/o | Joint |
Articul/o | Joint |
Burs/o | Fluid filled sac |
Calcane/o | Ankle |
Carp/o | Wrist |
Chondr/o | cartilage |
Cost/o | Rib |
Crani/o | Skull |
Lumb/o | Lumbar region of the spine |
Mandibul/o | Jaw |
Maxill/o | Upper jaw |
Myel/o | Marrow |
Oste/o | Bone |
Perone/o | Fibula |
Radi/o | Radius(lower arm bone) |
Scoli/o | Twisted, crooked |
Spondyl/o | Spine |
Stern/o | Breastbone |
Tars/o | Ankle |
Thorac | chest |
Vertebr/o | Spine |
-ectomy | removal |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-oma | tumor |
-graphy | To record/take a picture |
-plasty | repair/replacement of |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-cyte | cell |
-porosis | To become more porous(holey) |
-osis | disease or condition |
-lysis | break down |
-algia | Pain or ache |
-tomy | cutting/incision |