Musculoskeletal

  1. acetabul/o
    hip socket
  2. ankyl/o
    bent, fused
  3. aponeur/o
    tendon type
  4. arthr/o
    joint
  5. articul/o
    joint
  6. burs/o
    fluid-filled sac in a joint
  7. calc/o, calci/o
    calcium
  8. calcane/o
    calcaneus (heel)
  9. carp/o
    carpals (wrist bones)
  10. chondr/o
    cartilage
  11. clavic/o, clavicul/o
    clavicle (collar bone)
  12. cost/o
    rib
  13. crani/o
    cranium (skull)
  14. disc/o
    intervertebral disc
  15. femor/o
    thighbone
  16. fibul/o
    fibula
  17. humer/o
    humerus (upper arm bone)
  18. ili/o
    ilium (upper pelvic bone)
  19. ischi/o
    ischium (posterior pelvic bone)
  20. kinesi/o
    movement
  21. kyph/o
    hump
  22. lamin/o
    lamina
  23. lord/o
    curve
  24. lumb/o
    lower back
  25. malleol/o
    malleolus (process on lateral ankle)
  26. mandibul/o
    mandible (lower jawbone)
  27. maxill/o
    maxilla (upper jawbone)
  28. menisc/o
    meniscus
  29. menisci/o
    meniscus
  30. metacarp/o
    metacarpals (hand)
  31. metatars/o
    metatarsals (foot)
  32. myel/o
    bone marrow
  33. my/o, muscul/o
    muscle
  34. olecran/o
    olecranon (elbow)
  35. orth/o
    straight
  36. oste/o
    bone
  37. patell/o
    patella (kneecap)
  38. pelv/i
    pelvis (hip)
  39. perone/o
    fibula
  40. petr/o
    stone
  41. phalang/o
    phalanges (finger or toe)
  42. plant/o
    sole of foot
  43. pub/o
    pubis
  44. rachi/o
    spine
  45. radi/o
    radius (lower arm)
  46. rhabdomy/o
    skeletal (striated muscle)
  47. rheumat/o
    watery flow (collection of fluids in joints)
  48. sacr/o
    sacrum
  49. scapul/o
    scapula (shoulder)
  50. scoli/o
    bent
  51. spondyl/o
    vertebra
  52. stern/o
    sternum (breast bone)
  53. synovi/o
    synovial joint membrane
  54. tars/o
    tarsal (ankle/foot)
  55. ten/o
    tendon
  56. tend/o
    tendon (connective tissue)
  57. tendin/o
    tendon (connective tissue)
  58. tibi/o
    shin bone
  59. uln/o
    ulna (lower arm bone)
  60. vertebr/o
    vertebra
  61. inter-
    between
  62. supra-
    above
  63. sym-
    together
  64. syn-
    together
  65. -asthenia
    weakness
  66. -blast
    embryonic
  67. -clast,-clasia,-clasis
    break
  68. -desis
    bind together
  69. -listhesia
    slipping
  70. -malacia
    softening
  71. -physis
    to grow
  72. -porosis
    passage, cavity formation
  73. -schisis
    split
  74. -stenosis
    narrowing
  75. -tome
    instruments that cuts
  76. -tomy
    incision
Author
Cori
ID
164568
Card Set
Musculoskeletal
Description
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