Word Parts 1
Word root meaning bursa.
What is burs/o?
Word root meaning joint.
What is arthr/o?
Bone type that contains red bone marrow.
What is spongy bone?
originating within another.
What is allogenic?
Blood within a joint.
What is hemarthrosis?
Word root meaning skull.
What is crani/o?
Word root meaning lower back.
What is lumb/o?
Cavity that contains yellow bone marrow.
What is the medullary cavity?
A type of arthritis that primarily causes inflammation of joints between the vertebrae.
What is Ankylosing Spondylitis?
The 5 bones that form the palms of the hands.
What is metacarpals?
Word root meaning curved or bent.
What is Scoli/o?
Word root meaning hump.
What is kyph/o?
Skeleton that contains the bones of the skull, vertebral column, ossicles, hyoid bone, and rib cage.
What is the axial skeleton?
Originating within an individual.
The type of arthritis most commonly associated with aging.
What is osteoarthritis?
Suffix meaning to bind or tie together.
What is -desis?
Word root meaning spinal cord or bone marrow.
What is myel/o?
Skeleton that contains the bones of the upper and lower limbs, clavicle, and scapulas.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
A stem cell transplant used to treat certain types of cancers, such as leukemia and lymphomas.
What is a Bone Marrow Transplant?
Thinner-than-average bone density.
What is osteopenia?
Word root meaning cartilage.
What is Chondr/o?
Word root meaning crooked, bent, or stiff.
What is ankyl/o?
6 bones shapes that can be found in the body.
What is short, long, flat, sutural, sigmoid, and irregular?
The grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together.
What is crepitation?
An autoimmune disorder affecting children aged 16 or younger, with symptoms that include stiffness, pain, joint swelling, skin rash, fever, slowed growth, and fatigue.
What is Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis?