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Medical Terminology
Skeletal System Terminology
Question | Answer |
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ankyl/o | crooked, bent, or stiff |
arth/o | joint |
chondr/o | cartilage |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
desis | surgical fixation of bone or joint |
kyph/o | hump |
lord/o | bent backward |
lysis | loosening or setting free, breaking down or destruction and may indicate either a pathologic state or a therapeutic procedure |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o | act as the framework for the body, protect the internal organs, and store the mineral calcium |
poietic | pertaining to formation |
scoli/o | curved |
spondyl/o | vertebrate |