Skeletal System (Med 164)

-plasty

surgical repair

-opathy

disease of

-desis

surgical fixation of bone or joint, to bind, tie together

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

osteo

word part meaning bone

cyte

Suffix meaning cell

Fissure

a long narrow depression in a surface

Fossa

a concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression)

Foramen

a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure