Chapter 3 The Skeletal System Elements

Question 1

end-

Answer 1

in, within

Question 2

peri-

Answer 2

surrounding, around

Question 3

poly-

Answer 3

many, much

Question 4

ankyl/o

Answer 4

crooked, bent, stiff

Question 5

arthr/o

Answer 5

joint

Question 6

chondr/i, chondr/o

Answer 6

cartilage

Question 7

cost/o

Answer 7

rib

Question 8

crani/o

Answer 8

cranium, skull

Question 9

hem/o

Answer 9

blood, relating to blood

Question 10

ili/o

Answer 10

ilium, flaring hip bone

Question 11

kyph/o

Answer 11

bent, hump

Question 12

lamin/o

Answer 12

lamina

Question 13

lord/o

Answer 13

curve, swayback, bent

Question 14

myel/o

Answer 14

spinal cord, bone marrow

Question 15

oss/e, oss/i ost/o, oste/o

Answer 15

bone

Question 16

pod/o

Answer 16

foot

Question 17

sacr/o

Answer 17

sacrum

Question 18

scoli/o

Answer 18

curved, bent

Question 19

spondyl/o

Answer 19

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

Question 20

synovi/o, synov/o

Answer 20

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

Question 21

-ago

Answer 21

abnormal condition, disease

Question 22

-al

Answer 22

pertaining to

Question 23

-algesia, -algesic

Answer 23

painful, pain sense

Question 24

-clasis, -clast

Answer 24

break down

Question 25

-desis

Answer 25

to bind, tie together

Question 26

-iatrist

Answer 26

specialist

Question 27

-itis

Answer 27

inflammation

Question 28

-listhesis

Answer 28

slipping

Question 29

-lysis

Answer 29

breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

Question 30

-malacia

Answer 30

abnormal softening

Question 31

-necrosis

Answer 31

abnormal tissue death

Question 32

-oma

Answer 32

tumor, neoplasm

Question 33

-otomy

Answer 33

cutting, surgical incision

Question 34

-pathy

Answer 34

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Question 35

-penia

Answer 35

deficiency, lack, too few

Question 36

-poiesis

Answer 36

formation, to make

Question 37

-rrhaphy

Answer 37

surgical suturing

Question 38

-sclerosis

Answer 38

abnormal hardening

Question 39

-scopy

Answer 39

visual examination

Question 40

-stenosis

Answer 40

abnormal narrowing

Question 41

-um

Answer 41

thing, singular noun ending