Root Words
The root word for sacrum.
What is sacr/o?
The suffix -malacia means this.
What is softening?
The term used to describe a bone that has been splintered.
What is a comminuted fracture?
The root word acetabul/o means this.
What is acetabulum or hip socket?
When the bone breaks because it is weak from a disease.
What is pathological fracture.
The root word for fusion of parts or stiffening.
What is ankly/o?
The suffix -luxation means this.
What is dislocation?
The term used to describe a bone that is broken but there is no open cut in the skin.
What is a closed fracture?
The root word calcane/o means this?
What is heel?
When a portion of the intervertebral discs moves out of place.
The root word for crooked.
What is scoli/o?
The suffix -immune means this.
What is immunity/safe?
The term used to describe a bone that has been broken and breaks through the skin.
What is an open fracture?
The root word brachi/o means this.
The progressive degeneration of the articular cartilage of a joint.
What is osteoarthritis?
The root word for swayback.
What is lord/o
The suffix - listhesis means this.
What is slipping?
The term used to describe a bone that is partially broken on one side and bent on the other side.
What is a greenstick fracture?
The root word cervic/o means this.
What is neck?
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
The root word for humpback.
What is kyph/o?
The suffix -desis means this.
What is surgical fusion?
The term used to describe a break in the distal radius near the wrist.
What is a Colle's fracture?
The root word faci/o means this.
What is face?
The loss of bone mass (e.g. weak, thin, porous), especially in the thoracic vertebrae.
What is osteoporosis?