Anatomy and Physiology
Prefixes
Suffixes
Word Roots
Illnesses
100
Surrounding the heart
What is Cardiac Muscle
100
neck
What is cervic-
100
study of
What is -logy
100
cartilage
What is chondr/o
100
break in a bone
What is fracture
200
abduction
What is movement away from the midline of the body
200
ankle
What is tarso-
200
-plasty
What is surgical repair
200
movement
What is kinesi/o
200
osteitis
What is inflammation of bone
300
where bones come together
What is Joints
300
joint
What is arthro-
300
removal of or excision of
What is -ectomy
300
crani/o
What is cranium
300
incomplete break
What is greenstick
400
cranial, facial, thoracic, and spinal bones
What is the axial skeleton
400
formation of bone
What is osteo-genesis
400
puncturing, tapping
What is -centesis
400
humerus, upper arm bone
What is humer/o
400
humpback; anteriorly concave curvature of the thoracic and sacral region of the spine
What is kyphosis
500
special mature bone cells
What is osteocytes
500
arthr-itis
What is inflammation of a joint
500
constriction, narrowing
What is -stenosis
500
lord/o
What is curve, swayback
500
lateral curvature of the spine; S-shaped curvature
What is scoliosis
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