Question | Answer |
calco | calcio |
kypho | humpback, hunchback (posterior curvature in the thoracic region) |
lamino | lamina (part of the vertebral arch) |
lordo | curve, swayback (anterior curvature in the lumbar region) |
lumbo | loins, lower back |
myelo | bone marrow |
ortho | straight |
osteo | bone |
scoli | crooked, bent (lateral curvature) |
spondylo | vertebra |
vertebro | vertebra |
-blast | embryonic or immature cell |
-clast | to break |
-listhesis | slipping |
-malacia | softening |
-physis | to grow |
-porosis | pore, passage |
-tome | instrument to cut |
acetabulo | acetabulum (hip socket) |
calcaneo | calcaneus (heel) |
carpo | carpals (wrist bones) |
claviculo | clavicle (collar bone) |
costo | ribs (true ribs, false ribs, and floating ribs) |
cranio | cranium (skull) |
femoro | femur (thigh bone) |
fibulo | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
humero | humerus (upper arm bone) |
ilio | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
ischio | ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone) |
malleolo | malleolus (process on each side of the ankle) |
mandibulo | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
maxillo | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
metacarpo | metacarpals (hand bones) |
metatarso | metatarsals (foot bones) |
olecrano | olecranon (elbow) |
patello | patella (kneecap) |
pelvi | pelvis (hipbone) |
peroneo | fibula |
phalango | phalanges (finger and/or toe bones) |
pubo | pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone) |
radio | radius (lower arm bone- thumb side) |
scapulo | scapula (shoulder blade) |
sterno | sternum (breastbone) |
tarso | tarsals (bones of the hindfoot) |
tibio | tibia (shin bone) |
ulno | ulna (lower arm bone- little finger side) |
ankylo | stiff |
arthro | joint |
articulo | joint |
burso | bursa |
chondro | cartilage |
ligamento | ligament |
rheumato | watery flow |
synovo | synovial membrane |
teno | tendon |
tendino | tendon |
-desis | to bind, tie together |
-stenosis | narrowing |
fascio | fascia (forms sheaths enveloping muscles) |
fibro | fibrous connective tissue |
leiomyo | smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of the internal organs |
myo | muscle |
myocardio | heart muscle |
myoso | muscle |
planto | sole of the foot |
rhabdomyo | skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones |
-asthenia | lack of strength |
-trophy | development, nourishment |
ab- | away from |
ad- | toward |
dorsi- | back |
poly- | many, much |