level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o | extremities |
| ankyl/o | crooked; bent; stiff; fused together |
| arthr/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid near a joint) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus; heel bone |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chir/o | hand |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle; collarbones |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cubit/o | elbow |
| dactyl/o | digits (finger or toes) |
| dextr/o | to the right |
| femor/o | thigh bone |
| fibul/o | fibula; lower leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus; upper arm bone |
| hy/o | hyoid bone |
| ili/o | Illium; top of the hip bone |
| kyph/o | humpback |
| ligament/o | ligament |
| lord/o | curve; swayback |
| lumb/o | Lumbar region; loin |
| lux/o | slide |
| mandibul/o | mandible, lower jar bone |
| menisc/o | meniscus; cartilage in the knee joint |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| narc/o | numbness; sleep; stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella; kneecap |
| ped/o | foot; child |
| phalang/o | phalanges; finger or toes |
| physi/o | nature/function |
| por/o | opening; passageway; porous |
| pod/o | foot |
| pub/o | pubis; pubis region |
| pyret/o | fever |
| rachi/o | spine; vertebra |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh; connective tissue |
| scoli/o | crooked; bent |
| sinistr/o | to the left |
| spondyl/o | vertebra; backbone |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| stern/o | sternum; breastbone |
| styl/o | Column; pillar; tube |
| synovi/o | lubricating fluid of joints |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o, tendin/o, tendon/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia; lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna; lower arm bone |
| vertebr/o | Vertebrae; spinal column bones |
| a-, an- | not; without |
| ambi- | both sides |
| anti- | against |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within; into |
| meta | change; beyond |
| non- | not |
| peri- | around; surrounding |
| poly- | many; much |
| sub- | below; under |
| supra- | above |
| syn- | together; with |
| -al, -an, -ic, -ous | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ation | process; condition |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -clast | to break down; destroy |
| -desis | to bind; tie together |
| -ectomy | surgical removal; excision |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -ism | process; condition |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -oid | like; resembling |
| -oma | tumor; mass |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -physis | growth; growth plate |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -porosis | abnormal condition of small holes |
| -scope | instrument used to view |
| -scopy | visual examination using a scope |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |