Medical Terminology Simplified

10–26 Cartilage, which is more elastic than bone, composes parts of the skeleton.

It is found chiefly in the joints, thorax, trachea, and nose.

Use chondr/o(cartilage) to form words that mean

inflammation of cartilage:____________________ / __________

tumor composed of cartilage:____________________ / __________

producing or forming cartilage:

____________________ / _____ / ____________________

10–27 Use -cyteto build a word that means cartilage cell.

____________________ / _____ / __________

Competency Verification:Check your labeling of Figure 10–4 in Appendix B: Answer Key, page 596.

10–28 Oste/algia means pain in a bone.Form another term that means pain in a

bone.

__________ / _____ / ____________________

10–29 Bone is living tissue composed of oste/o/cytes, blood vessels, and nerves.

Determine the medical term for bone cells.

__________ / _____ / ____________________

10–30 Practice developing medical words that mean

inflammation of bone:__________ / __________

disease of bone:__________ / _____ / ____________________

incision of bone:__________ / _____ / __________

suture of bone (wiring of bone fragments):__________ / _____ / ____________________

abnormal condition of bone hardening:

__________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________

10–31 Dist/al is a directional word that means pertaining to (a structure) farthest

from the point of attachment to the trunk, or far from the beginning of a structure.

From dist/al, build the CF that means far or farthest.

__________ / _____

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chondr/itis

kŏn-DRĪ-tĭs

chondr/oma

kŏn-DRŌ-mă

chondr/o/genesis

kŏn-drō-JĔN-ĕ-sĭs

chondr/o/cyte

KŎN-drō-sīt

oste/o/dynia

ŏs-tē-ō-DĬN-ē-ă

oste/o/cytes

ŎS-tē-ō-sīts

oste/itis

ŏs-tē-Ī-tĭs

oste/o/pathy

ŏs-tē-ŎP-ă-thē

oste/o/tomy

ŏs-tē-ŎT-ō-mē

oste/o/rrhaphy

ŏs-tē-OR-ă-fē

oste/o/scler/osis

ŏs-tē-ō-sklĕ-RŌ-sĭs

dist/o