MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 6
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- acetabul/o
- acetabulum;The hollow, cuplike portion of the pelvis into which the head of the thigh bone (femur) fits.
- blast/o
- embryonic stage of development
- calc/o; calc/i
- calcium
- calcane/o
- heel bone
- carp/o
- wrist
- clast, clastic
- to break
- clavicul/o
- collarbone
- coccyg/o
- coccyx; The last bone of the spinal column
- cost/o
- ribs
- crani/o
- skull, cranium
- femor/o
- femur; The large bone in the thigh that articulates with the pelvis above and the knee below.
- fibul/o
- fibula; A long bone in the lower leg that is adjacent to the tibia. The fibula supports approximately 1/6th of the body weight and produces the lateral (outer) prominence of the ankle.
- gen/o
- to produce
- humer/o
- humerus; The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb.
- ili/o
- ilium; The upper and largest, part of the bony pelvic girdle (iliac wing). The ilium articulates on its inner aspect with the sacrum (sacroiliac joint).
- ischi/o
- ischium; The ventral and posterior of the three principal bones composing either half of the pelvis; seat bone; the huckle bone.
- kyph/o
- humpback; pertaining to a hump
- lamin/o
- lamina; Flat sheet,
- lord/o
- swayback; bent
- lumb/o
- loins, lower back
- malacia
- softening
- mandibul/o
- mandible (lower jaw bone)
- mastoid/o
- mastoid process;A bony process off the base of the skull that is composed of air cells.
- maxill/o
- upper jaw
- metacarp/o
- hand bones
- metatars
- foot bones
- myel/o
- spinal cord or bone marrow
- olecran/o
- elbow
- orth/o
- straight
- oste/o
- bone
- patell/o; patell/a
- kneecap
- pelv/i
- pelvis
- phalang/o
- fingers, toes
- physis
- growth, growing
- porosis
- passage or pore
- pub/o
- pubis
- rach/i
- spinal column
- radi/o
- radiation; also refers to the radius
- scapul/o
- shoulder blade
- scoli/o
- crooked, bent
- spondyl/o
- vertebra
- stern/o
- sternum
- tars/o
- ankle bones
- tempor/o
- temples of the head
- vertebr/o
- vertebra; One of 23 bones (excluding the sacrum) in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions that comprise the spine.