Word Parts
ribs
cost/o
blood within a joint
Hemarthrosis
hem/o
blood
-desis
to bind, tie together
the surgical incision or opening into the skull
craniotomy
myel/o
the posterior space between the knee
popliteal
the slipping movement of the body of one of the lower lumbar vertebrae on to the bertera or sacrum below it
Spondylolisthesis
abnormal softening
-malacia
xiphoid process
the lower portion of the sternum
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o
bone
Calcaneus
the heel bone; the largest of the tarsal bones
crepitation
the grating sound heard when the ends of a broken bone move together
-penia
deficiency
a health care professional who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and disorders involving the bones, joints and muscles
orthopedic surgeon
joint
arthr/o
the surgical removal of synovial membrane from a joint
synovectomy
the inward curvature of the lumbar spine
lordosis
abnormal condition or disease
-osis
-itis
inflammation
chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
the abnormal outward curvature of the thoracic spine; hump back
kyphosis
the only movable bone of the skull
mandible
-oma
tumor;neoplasm
necrosis
tissue death