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Medical Terminology (chap 10)
Musculoskeletal System
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Undergraduate 1
12/07/2007
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ankyl/o
 Definition
stiffness; bent, crooked
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arthr/o
 Definition
joint
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kyph/o
 Definition
hill, mountain
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lamin/o
 Definition

lamina (part of vertebral arch)

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lord/o
 Definition
curve, swayback
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow; spinal cord
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orth/o
 Definition
straight
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oste/o
 Definition
bone
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ped/o

ped/i

 Definition
foot; child
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, bent
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thorac/o
 Definition
chest
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acromi/o
 Definition

acromion (projection of scapula)

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brachi/o
 Definition
arm
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calcane/o
 Definition
calcaneum (heel bone)
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carp/o
 Definition
carpus (wrist bone)
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cephal/o
 Definition
head
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cervic/o
 Definition
neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
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calvicul/o

 Definition

calvicle (collarbone)

 
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cost/o
 Definition
ribs
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crani/o
 Definition
cranium (skull)
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dactyl/o
 Definition
fingers; toes
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femor/o

 Definition
femur (thigh bone)
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fibul/o
 Definition
fibula (smaller bone of lower leg)
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humer/o
 Definition
humerus (upper arm bone)
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ili/o
 Definition

ilium (lateral, flaring portion of hip bone)

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ischi/o
 Definition

ischium (lower portion of the hip bone)

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lumb/o
 Definition
loins (lower back)
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metacarp/o
 Definition

metacarpus (hand bone)

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metatars/o
 Definition

metatarsus (foot bone)

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patell/o
 Definition
patella (kneecap)
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pelv/i
 Definition
pelvis
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pod/o
 Definition
foot
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phalang/o
 Definition
phalanges (bones of figers and toes)
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pub/o
 Definition

pevis bone (anterior part of pelvic bone), pubis

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radi/o
 Definition
radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on thumb side)
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spondyl/o

(used to make words about conditions of structure)

 

verterbr/o

(used to make words that describe structure for anatomy)

 Definition
vertebrae (backbone)
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stern/o
 Definition
sternum (breastbone)
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tibi/o
 Definition

tibia (large bone of lower leg)
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leiomy/o
 Definition
smooth muscle (visceral 内脏的)
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lei/o
 Definition
smooth
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muscul/o

my/o

 Definition
muscle
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rhabd/o
 Definition
rod-shaped (striated)
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rhabdomy/o
 Definition
rod-shaped (striated) muscle
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chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
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fasci/o
 Definition
band, fascia 筋膜, 肌膜 (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscles)
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fibr/o
 Definition
fiber, fiberous tissue
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synov/o
 Definition
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
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ten/o

tend/o

tendin/o

 Definition
tendon
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-asthenia
 Definition
weakness, debility 虚弱, 衰弱
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-blast
 Definition
embryonic cell
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-clasia

-clast

 Definition
to break; surgical fracture
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-desis
 Definition
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
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-malacia
 Definition
softening
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-physis
 Definition
growth
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-porosis
 Definition
porous 多孔的；有毛孔的
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-scopy
 Definition
visual examination
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a-
 Definition
without, not
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sub-

 Definition
under, below
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supra-
 Definition
above; excessive; superior
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syn-
 Definition
union, together; joined
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