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MS word parts
word parts for musculoskeletal system
Question | Answer |
---|---|
osteo | bone |
-blast | immature cell |
-clast/-clasia | breakdown |
-tome | instrument used to cut |
-malacia | softening of |
-porosis | porous/pores |
-desis | binding |
burso | little sac |
ankyl | crooked/bent/stiff |
spondylo | vertebra |
cervico/cerv | neck |
vertebro | vertebra |
kypho | hump |
scolio | crooked |
lordo | bent backward |
lumbo | lower back |
-ical | pertaining to |
syn | together |
-syndesis | binding together |
-listhesis | slipping |
inter | between |
intra | within |
ortho | straight |
carpo | wrist |
meta | beyond |
metacarpo | hand/palm (beyond the wrist)` |
tarso | ankle |
metatarso | beyond the ankle (foot) |
chondro | cartilage |
costo | ribs |
dactylo | fingers/toes |
phalango | fingers |
latero | side |
sub | under |
supra/super | above |
bi | two |
contra | against/opposite |
chiro | hand |
clavico | collar bones |
scapula | shoulder blade |
sterno | breast bone |