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Musculo Term
Musculoskeletal Terminology
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus |
| calci/o | calyx |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) , cervix |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| fasci/o | fascia |
| Femor/o | femur |
| Fibr/o | fiber |
| Fibul/o | fibula |
| Humer/o | humerus |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| Kyph/o | humpback |
| lamin/o | lamina (part of vertebral arch) |
| Leiomy/o | smooth (visceral) muscle |
| Ligament/o | ligament |
| Lord/o | curve, swayback |
| lumb/o | lower back, loin |
| malleol/o | malleolus |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| Maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| Metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myocardi/o | myocardium (heart muscle) |
| myos/o | muscle |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pelv/o | pelvic bone, hip |
| perone/o | fibula |
| phalang/o | phalanges (fingers and toes) |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
| radi/o | x-rays, radioactivity, radius |
| rhabdomy/o | striated muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| ab- | away from |
| ad- | toward |
| dia- | complete, through |
| dorsi- | back |
| exo- | out, away from |
| meta- | change, beyond |
| peri- | surrounding |
| supra- | above, upper |
| syn-, sym- | together, with |
| -algia | pain |
| asthenia | lack of strength |
| blast | embryonic, immature |
| clast | to break |
| desis | to bind, tie together |
| emia | blood condition |
| listhesis | slipping |
| -malacia | softening |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| porosis | (blank) |
| -stenosis | tightening, stricture |
| tome | instrument to cut |
| trophy | (blank) |
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