Skeletal System Prefixes
What prefix means within?
What is intra-?
What suffix means inflammation?
What is -itis?
What type of fracture does not pierce the skin?
What is a simple (closed) fracture?
What movement decreases the angle between two bones?
What is flexion?
What is the upper arm bone?
What is the humerus?
What prefix means above, over, or excessive?
What is super-?
What suffix means pain?
What is -algia?
What fracture partially breaks a bone and bends it, common in children?
What is a greenstick fracture?
What movement increases the angle between two bones?
What is extension?
What is the bone that protects the brain?
What is the cranium?
What prefix means under, below, or beneath?
What is sub-?
What suffix means surgical repair or reconstruction?
What is -plasty?
What fracture breaks a bone into several pieces?
What is a comminuted fracture?
What movement moves a body part away from the midline?
What is abduction?
What is the thigh bone, the longest in the body?
What is the femur?
What prefix means between?
What is inter-?
What suffix means softening?
What is -malacia?
What fracture occurs when a bone is crushed, often in the spine?
What is a compression fracture?
What movement moves a body part toward the midline?
What is adduction?
What is the collarbone?
What is the clavicle?
What prefix means around?
What is peri-?
What suffix means abnormal condition or disease?
What is -osis?
What fracture causes the bone to bulge outward without breaking completely, common in children?
What is a torus (buckle) fracture?
What movement rotates a body part around an axis?
What is rotation?
What is the shin bone, the larger bone of the lower leg?
What is the tibia?