oste/o
bone
orth/o
straight
chondr/o cartilage
arthr/o
joint
crani/o
skull
femor/o
femur
lamin/o lamina
myel/o
bone
marrow/spinal
cord
radi/o
radius,
x-ray
scoli/o
crooked
spondyl/o verterbra
synov/o
synovial
membrane
cost/o
rib
ankyl/o
stiff
joint
-metry
process of
measuring
dis-
apart
ex-
outward
non- not
prosthetics
Profession
specializing in
making artificial
body parts.
comminuted
fracture
fracture in which
the bone is
shattered in to
many small pieces
compound
fracture
fracture in which
the bone has
broken through
the skin
greenstick
fracture
incomplete
break, one side
is bent the
other is broken
oblique
fracture
fracture at
an angle
spiral
fracture
the fracture
spirals around
the shaft of the
bone
my/o
muscle
-asthenia weakness
-rrhexis rupture
adhesion
scar tissue
forming
abduction
movement
away from
the body
adduction
movement
toward the
midline of the
body
RLE, LLE,
LUE, RUE
right or left
lower extremity,
left or right
upper extremity
NSAIDS
non steroidal
anti
inflammatory
drugs