Med Term Chapter 15

Front 1

Calc/o, calci/o

Back 1

Calcium

Front 2

Kyph/o

Back 2

Humpback, hunchback

Front 3

Lamin/o

Back 3

Lamina (part of the vertebral arch)

Front 4

Lord/o

Back 4

Curve, sway back

Front 5

Lumb/o

Back 5

Loins, lower back

Front 6

Myel/o

Back 6

Bone marrow

Front 7

Orth/o

Back 7

Straight

Front 8

Oste/o

Back 8

Bone

Front 9

Scoli/o

Back 9

Crooked, bent

Front 10

Spondyl/o

Back 10

Vertebra

Front 11

Vertebr/o

Back 11

Vertebra

Front 12

-blast

Back 12

Embryonic or immature cell

Front 13

-clast

Back 13

To break

Front 14

-listhesis

Back 14

Slipping

Front 15

-malacia

Back 15

Softening

Front 16

-physis

Back 16

To grow

Front 17

-porosis

Back 17

Pore, passage

Front 18

-tome

Back 18

Instrument to cut

Front 19

Acetabul/o

Back 19

Acetabulum (hip socket)

Front 20

Calcane/o

Back 20

Calcaneus (heel)

Front 21

Carp/o

Back 21

Carpals (wrist bones)

Front 22

Clavicul/o

Back 22

Clavicle (collar bone)

Front 23

Cost/o

Back 23

Ribs

Front 24

Crani/o

Back 24

Cranium (skull)

Front 25

Femor/o

Back 25

Femur (thigh bone)

Front 26

Fibul/o

Back 26

Fibula (smaller lower leg bone)

Front 27

Humer/o

Back 27

Humerus (upper arm bone)

Front 28

Ili/o

Back 28

Ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

Front 29

Ischi/o

Back 29

Ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)

Front 30

Malleol/o

Back 30

Malleolus (process on each side of the ankle)

Front 31

Mandibul/o

Back 31

Mandible (lower jaw bone)

Front 32

Maxill/o

Back 32

Maxilla (upper jaw bone)

Front 33

Metacarp/o

Back 33

Metacarpals (hand bones)

Front 34

Metatars/o

Back 34

Metatarsals (foot bones)

Front 35

Olecran/o

Back 35

Olecranon (elbow)

Front 36

Patell/o

Back 36

Patella (knecap)

Front 37

Pelv/i

Back 37

Pelvis (hipbone)

Front 38

Perone/o

Back 38

Fibula

Front 39

Phalang/o

Back 39

Phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)

Front 40

Pub/o

Back 40

Pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)

Front 41

Radi/o

Back 41

Radius (lower arm bone - thumb side)

Front 42

Scapul/o

Back 42

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Front 43

Stern/o

Back 43

Sternum (breastbone)

Front 44

Tars/o

Back 44

Tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)

Front 45

Tibi/o

Back 45

Tibia (shin bone)

Front 46

Uln/o

Back 46

Ulna (lower arm bone - little finger side)

Front 47

Ankyl/o

Back 47

Stiff

Front 48

Arthr/o

Back 48

Joint

Front 49

Articul/o

Back 49

Joint

Front 50

Burs/o

Back 50

Bursa

Front 51

Chondr/o

Back 51

Cartilage

Front 52

Ligament/o

Back 52

Ligament

Front 53

Rheumat/o

Back 53

Watery flow

Front 54

Synov/o

Back 54

Synovial membrane

Front 55

Ten/o

Back 55

Tendon

Front 56

Tendin/o

Back 56

Tendon

Front 57

-desis

Back 57

To bind, tie together

Front 58

-stenosis

Back 58

Narrowing

Front 59

Fasci/o

Back 59

Fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles)

Front 60

Fibr/o

Back 60

Fibrous connective tissue

Front 61

Leiomy/o

Back 61

Smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs

Front 62

My/o

Back 62

Muscle

Front 63

Myocardi/o

Back 63

Heart muscle

Front 64

Myos/o

Back 64

Muscle

Front 65

Plant/o

Back 65

Sole of the foot

Front 66

Rhabdomy/o

Back 66

Skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones

Front 67

-asthenia

Back 67

Lack of strength

Front 68

-trophy

Back 68

Development, nourishment

Front 69

Ab-

Back 69

Away from

Front 70

Ad-

Back 70

Toward

Front 71

Dorsi-

Back 71

Back

Front 72

Poly-

Back 72

Many, much

Front 73

AC joint

Back 73

Acromioclavicular joint

Front 74

ACL

Back 74

Anterior cruciate ligament of the knee

Front 75

CK

Back 75

Creatine kinase - enzyme elevated in muscle disease

Front 76

DO

Back 76

Doctor of osteopathy

Front 77

NSAID

Back 77

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (often prescribed to treat joint disorders

Front 78

OT

Back 78

Occupational therapy

Front 79

PT

Back 79

Physical therapy

Front 80

ROM

Back 80

Range of motion

Front 81

TMJ

Back 81

Temporomandibular joint