Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0321 short lesson, about 20 seconds
oste/o: Bone
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The idea
The combining form oste slash o names bone.
In practice
Osteitis is inflammation of bone.
Where people slip
Oste slash o names the tissue, not one named bone of the skeleton.
Your place on the trail
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- 0322my/o: Muscle
- 0323arthr/o: Joint
- 0327myel/o: Bone Marrow
- 0331crani/o: Skull
- 0332cost/o: Rib
- 0334vertebr/o: Vertebra
- 0336scapul/o: Scapula
- 0338humer/o: Humerus
- 0341femor/o: Femur
- 0357-physis: Growth
- 0358-porosis: Porous Condition
- 0359-clasia: Breaking
- 0362Naming a Fracture
- 0363Building Musculoskeletal Terms
- 0364Capstone: Twelve Musculoskeletal Terms Decoded
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