The Language of Medicine Ch 15
Terms
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calc/o
calci/o - calcium
- kyph/o
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humpback
posterior curvature in the thoracic region - lamin/o
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lamina
part of the vertebral arch - lord/o
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curve
swayback
anterior curvature of the lumbar region - lumb/o
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loins
lower back - myel/o
- bone marrow
- orth/o
- straight
- oste/o
- bone
- scoli/o
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crooked
bent
lateral curvature -
spondyl/o
used to make words about conditions of the structure - vertebra
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vertebr/o
used to describe the structure - vertebra
- -blast
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embryonic
immature cell - -clast
- to break
- -listhesis
- slipping
- -malacia
- softening
- -physis
- to grow
- -porosis
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pore
passage - -tome
- instrument to cut
- acetabul/o
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acetabulm
hip socket - calcane/o
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calcaneus
heel bone - carp/o
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carpals
wrist bones - clavicul/o
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clavicle
collar bone - cost/o
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ribs
true ribs
false ribs
floating ribs - crani/o
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cranium
skull bones - femor/o
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femur
thigh bone - fibul/o
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fibula
smaller lower leg bone - humer/o
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humerus
upper arm bone - ili/o
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ilium
upper part of the pelvic bone - isch/o
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ischium
posterior part of the pelvic bone - malleol/o
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malleolus
process on each side of the ankle - mandibul/o
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mandible
lower jaw bone - maxill/o
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maxilla
upper jaw bone - metacarp/o
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metacarpals
hard bones - metatars/o
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metatarsals
foot bone - olecran/o
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olecranon
elbow - patell/o
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patella
kneecap - pelv/i
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pelvis
hipbone - perone/o
- fibula
- phalang/o
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phalanges
finger
toe bones - pub/o
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pubis
anterior part of the pelvic bone - radi/o
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radius
lower arm bone-thumb side - scapul/o
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scapula
shoulder bone - stern/o
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sternum
breastbone - tars/o
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tarsals
bones of the hindfoot - tibi/o
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tibia
shin bone - uln/o
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ulna
lower arm bone-little finger side